MEASUREMENT, DECOHERENCE AND CHAOS IN QUANTUM PINBALL

Authors
DEWDNEY C MALIK Z
Citation
C. Dewdney et Z. Malik, MEASUREMENT, DECOHERENCE AND CHAOS IN QUANTUM PINBALL, Physics letters. A, 220(4-5), 1996, pp. 183-188
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
220
Issue
4-5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
183 - 188
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1996)220:4-5<183:MDACIQ>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The effect of introducing measuring devices in a ''quantum pinball'' s ystem is shown to lead to a chaotic evolution for the particle positio n as defined in Bohm's approach to quantum mechanics.