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We discuss the meaning of decoherence and the emergence of a classical behaviour of a quantum system in interaction with an environment. After a brief introduction to the formalism of Quantum Mechanics we present a simple two-particle model where the decoherence effect can be quantitatively evaluated.
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Dell’Antonio, G., Figari, R., Teta, A. (2003). Decoherence and Classical Behaviour in Quantum Mechanics. In: Benci, V., Cerrai, P., Freguglia, P., Israel, G., Pellegrini, C. (eds) Determinism, Holism, and Complexity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4947-2_5
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