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For the standard quantum Brownian motion (QBM) model, we point out the occurrence of simultaneous (parallel), mutually irreducible and autonomous decoherence processes. Besides the standard Brownian particle, we show that there is at least another system undergoing the dynamics described by the QBM model. We do this by selecting the two mutually irreducible, global structures (decompositions into subsystems) of the composite system of the QBM model. The generalization of this observation is a new, challenging task in the foundations of the decoherence theory. We do not place our findings in any interpretational context.
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DUGIĆ, M., JEKNIĆ-DUGIĆ, J. Parallel decoherence in composite quantum systems. Pramana - J Phys 79, 199–209 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-012-0296-3
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