Minimal irreversible quantum mechanics: An axiomatic formalism

Authors
Castagnino, M Gunzig, E
Citation
M. Castagnino et E. Gunzig, Minimal irreversible quantum mechanics: An axiomatic formalism, INT J THEOR, 38(1), 1999, pp. 47-91
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00207748 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
47 - 91
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7748(199901)38:1<47:MIQMAA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
An axiomatic formalism for a minimal irreversible quantum mechanics is intr oduced. It is shown that a quantum equilibrium and the decoherence phenomen on are consequences of the axioms and that Lyapunov variables, exponential survival probabilities, and a classical conditional never-decreasing entrop y can be defined.