Biography:Wojciech H. Zurek
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| Wojciech H. Zurek | |
| Born | 1951 Bielsko-Biala, Poland
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| Known for | Quantum decoherence; einselection; quantum Darwinism; no-cloning theorem |
Wojciech Hubert Zurek (born 1951) is a Polish-American theoretical physicist known for work on quantum decoherence, environment-induced superselection, and quantum Darwinism.
Quantum context
Zurek's work explains how interaction with an environment can suppress observable interference between components of a quantum state. This made decoherence a central mechanism in discussions of measurement, classicality, and open quantum systems.
His ideas connect Physics:Quantum decoherence, Physics:Quantum Darwinism, and Physics:Quantum measurement problem, placing him among the main modern figures in quantum foundations.
Linked Quantum Collection pages
- Physics:Quantum decoherence
- Physics:Quantum Darwinism
- Physics:Quantum measurement problem
- Physics:Quantum information theory
References
- Zurek, W. H. (2003). "Decoherence, einselection, and the quantum origins of the classical". Reviews of Modern Physics 75 (3): 715-775. doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.75.715.
- Zurek, W. H. (2009). "Quantum Darwinism". Nature Physics 5: 181-188. doi:10.1038/nphys1202.
Author: Harold Foppele
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