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Quantum Decoherence in Disordered Mesoscopic Systems
We point out that the low temperature saturation of the electron phase
decoherence time in a disordered conductor can be explained within the existing
theory of weak localization provided the effect of quantum (high frequency)
fluctuations is taken into account. Making use of the fluctuation-dissipation
theorem we evaluate the quantum decoherence time, the crossover temperature
below which thermal effects become unimportant, and the weak localization
correction at T=0. For 1d systems the latter is found to be
, where is the number of conducting
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