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    Elements of Environmental Decoherence

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    In this contribution I give a brief introduction to the essential concepts and mechanisms of decoherence by the environment. The emphasis will be not so much on technical details but rather on conceptual issues and the impact on the interpretation problem of quantum theory.Comment: Latex, 16 pages. To be published in the proceedings of the Bielefeld conference on ``Decoherence: Theoretical, Experimental, and Conceptual Problems", edited by P. Blanchard, D. Giulini, E. Joos, C. Kiefer, and I.-O. Stamatescu (Springer 1999

    Feynman's interpretation of quantum theory

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    A historically important but little known debate regarding the necessity and meaning of macroscopic superpositions, in particular those containing different gravitational fields, is discussed from a modern perspective.Comment: Published version for Eur.Phys.J. H. 15 pages pdf. Final version available at http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1140/epjh/e2011-10035-
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