Quantum Dissipative Systems (Series in Modern Condensed Matter Physics) (Series in Modern... by Ulrich Weiss

Quantum Dissipative Systems (Series in Modern Condensed Matter Physics) (Series in Modern...

Features

Cover Type: Paperback with 528 pages

Published by: World Scientific Publishing Company

Edition: 3rd Edition March 4, 2008

Written in: English

ISBN 10 Number: 9812791620

ISBN 13 Number: 978-9812791627

Book Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.2 inches

Weighs: 1.7 pounds

Product Description
Major advances in the quantum theory of macroscopic systems, in combination with stunning experimental achievements, have brightened the field and brought it to the attention of the general community in natural sciences. Today, working knowledge of dissipative quantum mechanics is an essential tool for many physicists. This book -- originally published in 1990 and republished in 1999 as an enlarged second edition -- delves much deeper than ever before into the fundamental concepts, methods, and applications of quantum dissipative systems, including the most recent developments.

In this third edition, 26 chapters from the second edition contain additional material and several chapters are completely rewritten. It deals with the phenomena and theory of decoherence, relaxation, and dissipation in quantum mechanics that arise from the interaction with the environment. In so doing, a general path integral description of equilibrium thermodynamics and nonequilibrium dynamics is developed.

Contents: General Theory of Open Quantum Systems; Few Sample Applications; Quantum Statistical Decay; The Dissipative Two-State System; The Dissipative Multi-State System.

Book Info
Deals with the phenomena and theory of decoherence and dissipation in quantum mechanics that arise from the interaction with the environment. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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