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4 August 2003 Qubit decoherence and Wigner's friend
Howard E. Brandt
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Abstract
Following a review of the physics of quantum decoherence, an instructive comparison is made between the mathematical description of qubit decoherence due to interaction with the environment, and certain aspects of the problem of Wigner's friend.
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Howard E. Brandt "Qubit decoherence and Wigner's friend", Proc. SPIE 5105, Quantum Information and Computation, (4 August 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.485864
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KEYWORDS
Quantum communications

Superposition

Consciousness

Environmental sensing

Measurement devices

Complex systems

Computing systems

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