4.8 Article

Classical world arising out of quantum physics under the restriction of coarse-grained measurements

Journal

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 99, Issue 18, Pages -

Publisher

AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.180403

Keywords

-

Ask authors/readers for more resources

Conceptually different from the decoherence program, we present a novel theoretical approach to macroscopic realism and classical physics within quantum theory. It focuses on the limits of observability of quantum effects of macroscopic objects, i.e., on the required precision of our measurement apparatuses such that quantum phenomena can still be observed. First, we demonstrate that for unrestricted measurement accuracy, no classical description is possible for arbitrarily large systems. Then we show for a certain time evolution that under coarse-grained measurements, not only macrorealism but even classical Newtonian laws emerge out of the Schrodinger equation and the projection postulate.

Authors

I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.

Reviews

Primary Rating

4.8
Not enough ratings

Secondary Ratings

Novelty
-
Significance
-
Scientific rigor
-
Rate this paper

Recommended

No Data Available
No Data Available