Evolution of Pure States into Mixed States
Abstract
In the formulation of Banks, Peskin and Susskind, we show that one can construct evolution equations for the quantum mechanical density matrix $\rho$ with operators which do not commute with hamiltonian which evolve pure states into mixed states, preserve the normalization and positivity of $\rho$ and conserve energy. Furthermore, it seems to be different from a quantum mechanical system with random sources.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- January 1993
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-th/9301082
- Bibcode:
- 1993hep.th....1082L
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 6 pages