Decoherence ensures classicality beyond the Ehrenfest time as $\hbar \to 0$

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.13717v1
• Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 18:01:53 GMT
• Title: Decoherence ensures classicality beyond the Ehrenfest time as $\hbar \to 0$
• Abstract summary: In closed quantum systems, wavepackets can spread exponentially in time due to chaos. A weakly coupled environment is conjectured to decohere the system and restore the quantum-classical correspondence. We prove the quantum and classical evolutions are close whenever the strength of the environment-induced diffusion exceeds a threshold.
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• Abstract: In closed quantum systems, wavepackets can spread exponentially in time due to chaos, forming long-range superpositions in just seconds for ordinary macroscopic systems. A weakly coupled environment is conjectured to decohere the system and restore the quantum-classical correspondence while necessarily introducing diffusive noise -- but for what coupling strength, and under what conditions? For Markovian open systems with Hamiltonians of the form $H=p^2/2m + V(x)$ and linear Lindblad operators, we prove the quantum and classical evolutions are close whenever the strength of the environment-induced diffusion exceeds a threshold $\hbar^{4/3} A_c$, were $A_c$ is a characteristic scale of the classical dynamics. (A companion paper treats more general Hamiltonians and Lindblad operators.) The bound applies for all observables and for times exponentially longer than the Ehrenfest timescale, which is when the correspondence can break down in closed systems. The strength of the diffusive noise can vanish in the classical limit to give the appearance of reversible dynamics. The $4/3$ exponent may be optimal, as Toscano et al. have found evidence that the quantum-classical correspondence breaks down in some systems when the diffusion is any weaker.

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