| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| italia | decoerenza |
| ranska | décohérence |
| saksa | Dekohärenz |
| suomi | dekoherenssi |
| Monikko | decoherences |
(quantum mechanics) Loss of quantum coherence (phase relation between the quantum states of particles) in a physical system as it interacts with its environment.
In classical scattering of a target body by environmental photons, the motion of the target body will not be changed by the scattered photons on the average. In quantum scattering, the interaction between the scattered photons and the superposed target body will cause them to be entangled, thereby delocalizing the phase coherence from the target body to the whole system, rendering the interference pattern unobservable.