Equation 4 · Part 1 · Decoherence: The Quiet Selection That Makes the World Look Solid
Symbol Lambda
What this part means
what Joos and Zeh call the localization rate: a single number.
Its job in the formula
Lambda is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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Where the article explains it
Here is what Joos and Zeh call the localization rate: a single number, with units of inverse length squared per unit time, built from the scattering cross-section of the object, the flux and momentum of whatever is doing the scattering, and nothing else [ 7 ] .
The passage around this formula
Here is what Joos and Zeh call the localization rate: a single number, with units of inverse length squared per unit time, built from the scattering cross-section of the object, the flux and momentum of whatever is doing the scattering, and nothing else [ 7 ] . Everything about how fast a given…
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