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View SchemaRelational time for systems of oscillators
| Authors | G. J. Milburn, David Poulin |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0505175 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0505175 |
Abstract
Using an elementary example based on two simple harmonic oscillators, we show how a relational time may be defined that leads to an approximate Schrodinger dynamics for subsystems, with corrections leading to an intrinsic decoherence in the energy eigenstates of the subsystem.
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