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Quantum Hyperion

Posted on 24 October, 2008 by Walt
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Sean at Cosmic Variance has an interesting article on decoherence called Quantum Hyperion. It describes a paper by Zurek and Paz that calculates that if Saturn’s moon Hyperion were an isolated system, then within twenty years it would evolve into a non-localized quantum state. It is only the interaction with the outside world that keeps Hyperion looking like a moon.

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