{
  "id": "0809.3889",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2008-09-23T11:13:23.000Z",
  "updated": "2008-09-23T11:13:23.000Z",
  "title": "Decoherence of a Macroscopic Quantum Superposition",
  "authors": [
    "Francesco De Martini",
    "Fabio Sciarrino",
    "Nicolo' Spagnolo"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages, 4 figures",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "The high resilience to de-coherence shown by a recently discovered Macroscopic Quantum Superposition (MQS) involving a number of photons in excess of 5 x 10^4 motivates the present theoretical and numerical investigation. The results are placed in close comparison with the properties of the well known MQS based on |alpha> states. The very critical decoherence properties of the latter MQS are found to be fully accounted for, in a direct a simple way, by a unique \"universal\" function: indeed a new property of the quantum \"coherent states\".",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2008-09-23T11:13:23.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "macroscopic quantum superposition",
      "simple way",
      "coherent states",
      "critical decoherence properties",
      "close comparison"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2008arXiv0809.3889D"
    }
  }
}