Abstract
AbstractAn assessment is given as to the extent to which pure unitary evolution, as distinct from environmental decohering interaction, can provide the transition necessary for an observer to perceive quantum dynamics as classical. This has implications for the interpretation of quantum wavefunctions as a characteristic of ensembles or of single particles and the related question of wavefunction “collapse”. A brief historical overview is presented as well as recent emphasis on the role of the semi-classical “imaging theorem” in describing quantum to classical unitary evolution.
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Springer International Publishing
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