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decoherence

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11 lettersPronunciation /diːkəʊˈhɪəɹəns/Sorted ccdeeeehnorStarts with DEnds with E0 clues
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  1. Loss of quantum coherence when a system interacts with its environment.

Word origin

First attested 1902 (OED) in the electrical engineering sense "the resetting of a coherer." From decohere (also 1902) + -ence, representing the verbal noun (compare decohesion, decoherency). The quantum mechanics concept was introduced in 1970 by German physicist H. Dieter Zeh, writing in the journal Foundations of Physics.

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  • One way of preventing both decoherences is to set up the system in a "non-decoherent quantum state."

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