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dc.contributor.authorCavalcanti, EG
dc.contributor.authorReid, MD
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:59:53Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:59:53Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2009-12-11T06:45:55Z
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.170405
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/26819
dc.description.abstractWe develop criteria sufficient to enable detection of macroscopic coherence where there are not just two macroscopically distinct outcomes for a pointer measurement, but rather a spread of outcomes over a macroscopic range. The criteria provide a means to distinguish a macroscopic quantum description from a microscopic one based on mixtures of microscopic superpositions of pointer-measurement eigenstates. The criteria are applied to Gaussian-squeezed and spin-entangled states.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
dc.publisher.placeRidge, NY
dc.publisher.urihttp://prl.aps.org/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom170405
dc.relation.ispartofpageto170408
dc.relation.ispartofissue17
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPhysical Review Letters
dc.relation.ispartofvolume97
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMathematical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPhysical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchFoundations of quantum mechanics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode49
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode51
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode510802
dc.titleSignatures for Generalized Macroscopic Superpositions
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2006 American Physical Society. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2006
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gro.griffith.authorCavalcanti, Eric G.


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