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View SchemaInformation measures and classicality in quantum mechanics
| Authors | C. Anastopoulos |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9805055 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9805055 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevD.59.045001 |
| Journal | Phys.Rev. D59 (1999) 045001 |
Abstract
We study information measures in quantu mechanics, with particular emphasis on providing a quantification of the notions of classicality and predictability. Our primary tool is the Shannon - Wehrl entropy I. We give a precise criterion for phase space classicality and argue that in view of this a) I provides a measure of the degree of deviation from classicality for closed system b) I - S (S the von Neumann entropy) plays the same role in open systems We examine particular examples in non-relativistic quantum mechanics. Finally, (this being one of our main motivations) we comment on field classicalisation on early universe cosmology.
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