Jess: I can give you the standard references (which you’ve probably already seen), but they are mostly useless. This is a really weird field to work in, I’d strongly recommend against making a career of it. Tough to find jobs for rather stupid political reasons.
The only really useful work is a paper about measurement by David Bohm from the 50′s (don’t have it with me). He describes decoherence/measurement in words, and his explanation makes sense. It’s good to get an intuitive picture, but not for much else.
Apart from that, all I can suggest is that you build a toy model of a quantum system X observation device and solve it. That will explain far more than any paper I’ve ever read.
Jess: I can give you the standard references (which you’ve probably already seen), but they are mostly useless. This is a really weird field to work in, I’d strongly recommend against making a career of it. Tough to find jobs for rather stupid political reasons.
The only really useful work is a paper about measurement by David Bohm from the 50′s (don’t have it with me). He describes decoherence/measurement in words, and his explanation makes sense. It’s good to get an intuitive picture, but not for much else.
Apart from that, all I can suggest is that you build a toy model of a quantum system X observation device and solve it. That will explain far more than any paper I’ve ever read.