Eureka!: May 2008

QUANTUM DECOHERENCE

Thesis: "Decoherencia Cuántica. Sistemas atómicos y mesoscópicos"

Thesis Presentation

Decoherence is the irreversible formation of quantum correlations of a system with its environment. These correlations lead to entirely new properties and behavior compared to that shown by isolated objects. It is the destruction of quantum coherence between preferred states associated with the observables monitored by the environment.

Schrödinger's Cat

A short introduction to the essential concepts of decoherence is "Elements of Environmental Decoherence" by E. Joos quant-ph/9908008.
Zurek, W.H. (2003): "Decoherence, Einselection, and the Quantum Origin of the Classical.'' Rev. Mod. Phys. 75, 715

Monday 12 May 2008

On Sunday July 27^th a Nobel Prize Recipients Symposium,
chaired by Marvin Cohen (UC Berkeley, USA) and open to the
public, will take place at the ICPS conference site.

2:00 - 2:10 PM	Prof. Marvin Cohen gives opening remarks and introduces the first speaker.
2:10 - 2:35 PM	Zhores Alferov, Russia (Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000)
2:40 - 3:05 PM	Alan Heeger, USA (Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000)
3:10 - 3:35 PM	Klaus von Klitzing, Germany (Nobel Prize in Physics in 1985)
3:35 - 4:05 PM	Break
4:10 - 4:35 PM	Robert Laughlin, USA (Nobel Prize in Physics in 1998)
4:40 - 5:05 PM	Charles Townes, USA (Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964)
5:10 - 5:40 PM	Panel - Questions and discussions