Conditions on systems of interacting qubits for classical behavior of their macroscopic variables

Nikola Burić
Phys. Rev. A 80, 014102 – Published 29 July 2009

Abstract

It is shown that the conditions for classical behavior, in the sense of zero dispersion of all macroscopic variables, for systems of qubits with different dynamics, depend on whether the interaction is local or global. In the case of local interaction, macroscopic coarse-graining is enough. On the other hand, coarse-grained macroscopic variables of globally interacting large systems of qubits have negligible dispersion only if the system is exposed to some form of the environmental decoherence.

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  • Received 2 May 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.80.014102

©2009 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Nikola Burić*

  • Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 68, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

  • *buric@phy.bg.ac.yu

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Vol. 80, Iss. 1 — July 2009

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