Decoherence in the chemical compass: the role of decoherence for avian magnetoreception

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint , Other literature type 28 Sep 2012Embargo end date: 01 Apr 2012 Austria English Publisher:The Royal SocietyJournal:Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, volume 370, pages 4,517-4,540 (issn: 1364-503X, eissn: 1471-2962,

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Authors: Tiersch, Markus; Briegel, Hans J.;

doi: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0488 , 10.48550/arxiv.1204.4179

pmid: 22908340

arXiv: 1204.4179

Decoherence in the chemical compass: the role of decoherence for avian magnetoreception

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Contrary to the usual picture that decoherence destroys quantum properties and causes the quantum-to-classical transition, we argue that decoherence can also play a constructive role in driving quantum dynamics and amplifying its results to macroscopic scales. We support this perspective by presenting an example system from spin chemistry, which is also of importance for biological systems, e.g. in avian magnetoreception.

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Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph), Quantum Physics, Free Radicals, Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics, Sensation, FOS: Physical sciences, Models, Biological, Birds, Magnetic Fields, Models, Chemical, Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph), Physics - Chemical Physics, Space Perception, Animals, Quantum Theory, History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph), Physics - Biological Physics, Quantum Physics (quant-ph)

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