Decoherence "Unitarity" Review
“Theoretical physics? In my black metal?” It’s more likely than you think. Black metal as a genre is no stranger to lyrical themes of space and darkness. But the malevolent entities that form Decoherence are bringing a new dimension (pardon the pun) to these themes by focusing their attention on an oft-overlooked facet of the cosmos and our relationship with them: quantum mechanics. Just take the band name to start: quantum decoherence is, as one would expect, “the loss of quantum coherence” 1 ; essentially it takes place any time a particle in a quantum system does not adhere to the general wave function that is expected of such particles. Have I lost you yet? Buckle up, because it only gets heavier from here... I’m going to promise right now to make a good-faith attempt not to break down the minutiae of every single fancy-shmancy science word these guys throw around (mainly because I don’t understand a large majority o...