Objectivisation In Simplified Quantum Brownian Motion Models

TL;DR

This paper investigates how objective properties emerge from quantum systems by analyzing a boson-boson interaction model, demonstrating the formation of spectrum broadcast structures that underpin perceived objectivity in quantum-to-classical transition.

Contribution

It provides a rigorous proof of spectrum broadcast structure formation in a quantum Brownian motion model, including effects of environment self-Hamiltonians and initial state squeezing.

Findings

Spectrum broadcast structures form in thermal environments.

Objectivity formation occurs in the quantum measurement limit.

Squeezing in the environment broadens formation regions.

Abstract

Birth of objective properties from subjective quantum world has been one of the key questions in the quantum-to-classical transition. Basing on recent results in the field, we study it in a quantum mechanical model of a boson-boson interaction-quantum Brownian motion. Using various simplifications we prove a formation for thermal environments of, so called, spectrum broadcast structures, responsible for perceived objectivity. In the quantum measurement limit we prove that this structure is always formed, providing the characteristic timescales. Including self-Hamiltonians of the environment, we show the exponential scaling of the effect with the size of the environment. Finally, in the full model we numerically study the influence of squeezing in the initial state of the environment, showing broader regions of formation than for non-squeezed thermal states.