Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2005

Department

Physics & Computer Science

Abstract

We analyze the quantum-to-classical transition (QCT) for coupled bipartite quantum systems for which the position of one of the two subsystems is continuously monitored. We obtain the surprising result that the QCT can emerge concomitantly with the presence of highly entangled states in the bipartite system. Furthermore, the changing degree of entanglement is associated with the backaction of the measurement on the system and is itself an indicator of the QCT. Our analysis elucidates the role of entanglement in von Neumann’s paradigm of quantum measurements comprised of a system and a monitored measurement apparatus.

Comments

This article was origianlly published in Physical Review A, 72(1): 014102. © 2005 The American Physical Society

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