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    "abstract": "We consider environment induced decoherence of quantum superpositions to\nmixtures in the limit in which that process is much faster than any competing\none generated by the Hamiltonian $H_{\\rm sys}$ of the isolated system. While\nthe golden rule then does not apply we can discard $H_{\\rm sys}$. By allowing\nfor simultaneous couplings to different reservoirs, we reveal decoherence as a\nuniversal short-time phenomenon independent of the character of the system as\nwell as the bath and of the basis the superimposed states are taken from. We\ndiscuss consequences for the classical behavior of the macroworld and quantum\nmeasurement: For the decoherence of superpositions of macroscopically distinct\nstates the system Hamiltonian is always negligible.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0006117",
    "authors": [
      "Daniel Braun",
      "Fritz Haake",
      "Walter T. Strunz"
    ],
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      "quant-ph"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.2913",
    "journal_ref": "Phys. Rev. Lett. {\\bf 86}, 2913 (2001)",
    "title": "Universality of Decoherence",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0006117"
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