[1]
H. Primas: Chemistry, Quantum Mechanics and Reductionism, Perspectives in Theoretical Chemistry (Springer, Berlin 1983).
Google Scholar
[2]
A. Amann: Synthese Vol. 97 (1993), p.125.
Google Scholar
[3]
C. Levinthal: J. Chem. Phys. Vol. 65 (1968), p.44.
Google Scholar
[4]
M. Dugić: Europhys. Lett. Vol. 60 (2002), p.7.
Google Scholar
[5]
D. Raković, M. Dugić and M. Plavšić: Mater. Sci. Forum Vol. 453-454 (2004), p.521.
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.453-454.521
Google Scholar
[6]
M. Dugić, D. Raković and M. Plavšić: in Finely Dispersed Particles: Micro-, Nano-, and Atto-Engineering, Eds. A. Spasić and J-P. Hsu (Taylor & Francis CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA 2005).
Google Scholar
[7]
M. Dugić: Quantum Computers & Computing Vol. 1 (2000), p.102.
Google Scholar
[8]
Throughout the paper, by semiclassical", we do not assume the limit 0→h . Rather, we use this term as a synonym for the "approximately classical.
Google Scholar
[9]
G. Jona-Lasinio and P. Claverie: Prog. Theor. Phys. Suppl. Vol. 86 (1986), p.54.
DOI: 10.1143/ptps.86.54
Google Scholar
[10]
R. Omnes: The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton 1994).
Google Scholar
[11]
B. Brezger, L. Hackermüller, S. Uttenthaler, J. Petschinka, M. Arndt and A. Zeilinger: Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 88 (2002), p.100404.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.100404
Google Scholar
[12]
L. Hackermüller, S. Uttenthaler, K. Hornberger, E. Reiger, B. Brezger, A. Zeilinger and M. Arndt: Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 91 (2003), p.090408.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.91.090408
Google Scholar
[13]
Č. Brukner, V. Vedral and A. Zeilinger: Phys. Rev. A Vol. 73 (2006), p.012110.
Google Scholar
[14]
W. H. Zurek: Prog. Theor. Phys. Vol. 89 (1993), p.281.
Google Scholar
[15]
W. H. Zurek: Phys. Today Vol. 44 (1991), p.36.
Google Scholar
[16]
M. Brune, E. Hagley, J. Dreyer, X. Maître, A. Maali, C. Wunderlich, J. M. Raimond and S. Haroche: Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 77 (1996), p.4887.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.77.4887
Google Scholar
[17]
H. Amann, B. Gray, I. Shvarchuck and N. Christensen: Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 80 (1998), p.4111.
Google Scholar
[18]
L. Hackermüller, K. Hornberger, B. Brezger, A. Zeilinger and M. Arndt: Nature Vol. 427 (2004), p.711.
DOI: 10.1038/nature02276
Google Scholar
[19]
P. Grigolini: Quantum Mechanical Irreversibility and Measurement (World Scientific, Singapore 1993).
Google Scholar
[20]
The time average of the off-diagonal terms reads: ( ) ( )* 0 1/ exp{ } 0 T i j i j T C C i tδ δ− − = ∫ , with the constraint { }( ) 1 sup i i T δ δ − >> −.
Google Scholar
[21]
Only certain degrees of freedom of a system decohere (e. g. the center-of-mass coordinates). The rest remain intact by the environment, thus maintaining their genuine-quantum mechanical-nature.
Google Scholar
[22]
M. Dugić and J. Jeknić: Int. J. Theor. Phys. (in press).
Google Scholar
[23]
P. Zanardi, D. A. Lidar and S. Lloyd: Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 92 (2004), p.060402.
Google Scholar
[24]
H. Barnum, G. Ortiz, R. Somma and L. Viola: Eprint arXiv quant-ph/0506099.
Google Scholar