title: Coupling-induced bipartite pointer states in arrays of electron billiards: quantum Darwinism in action?
abstract: We discuss a quantum system coupled to the environment, composed of an open array of billiards (dots) in series. Beside pointer states occurring in individual dots, we observe sets of robust states which arise only in the array. We define these new states as bipartite pointer states, since they cannot be described in terms of simple linear combinations of robust single-dot states. The classical existence of bipartite pointer states is confirmed by comparing the quantum-mechanical and classical results. The ability of the robust states to create "offspring" indicates that quantum Darwinism is in action.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, University of Leoben, A-8700 Leoben, Austria.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brunner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Akis
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Ferry
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kuchar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meisels