ID: gr-qc/9410007

Decoherence on Quantum Tunneling in the Multi-Dimensional Wave Function Approach

October 7, 1994

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Takahiro Tanaka
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We consider fundamental problems on the understanding of the tunneling phenomena in the context of the multi-dimensional wave function. In this paper, we reconsider the quantum state after tunneling and extend our previous formalism to the case when the quantum state before tunneling is in a squeezed state. Through considering this problem, we reveal that the quantum decoherence plays a crucial role to allow us of the concise description of the quantum state after tunneling.

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