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A quantum oscillator interacting with a classical oscillator

A quantum oscillator interacting with a classical oscillator

We study a quantum oscillator interacting and back-reacting on a classical oscillator. This can be done consistently provided the quantum system decoheres, while the backreaction has a stochastic component which causes the classical system to undergo diffusion. Nonetheless the state of the quantum oscillator can remain pure conditioned on the …