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The “measurement problem” in quantum chemistry and the interpretation of phenomenological damping terms in the method of classical trajectories for nonadiabatic molecular collisions
Author(s) -
Dunne Lawrence J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560320105
Subject(s) - interpretation (philosophy) , collision , quantum , physics , classical mechanics , theoretical physics , quantum mechanics , statistical physics , philosophy , computer science , computer security , linguistics
A “measurement” interpretation is given to the phenomenological damping terms invoked by Dunne, Stamper, and Murrell to resolve density matrices to pure states following time evolution in a nonadiabatic molecular collision.