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A Quantum Many-Body Instability in the Thermodynamic Limit

arXiv:quant-ph/0403111 · doi:10.1142/S0217984906011578

Abstract

Intrinsic decoherence in the thermodynamic limit is shown for a large class of many-body quantum systems in the unitary evolution in NMR and cavity QED. The effect largely depends on the inability of the system to recover the phases. Gaussian decaying in time of the fidelity is proved for spin systems and radiation-matter interaction.

11 pages, 1 figure. Final version accepted for publication in Modern Physics Letters B