Irreversible Quantum Dynamics

Irreversible Quantum Dynamics edited by Fabio Benatti, Roberto Floreanini.

This set of tutorial reviews is dedicated to all aspects of irreversibility and time asymmetry in quantum mechanics. The main themes addressed are: - theoretical aspects of quantum irreversible dynamics - open quantum systems and applications - foundational aspects of irreversible quantum dynamics -...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Benatti, Fabio (Editor), Floreanini, Roberto (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
Edition:1st ed. 2003.
Series:Lecture Notes in Physics, 622
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Quantum physics.
Physics.
Quantum computers.
Spintronics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Theoretical Aspects of Quantum Irreversible Dynamics
  • Quantum Theory of Irreversibility: Open Systems and Continuum Mechanics
  • Selected Aspects of Markovian and Non-Markovian Quantum Master Equations
  • Aspects of Open Quantum Dynamics
  • Concepts and Methods in the Theory of Open Quantum Systems
  • Open Quantum Systems and Applications
  • Decoherence-Free Subspaces and Subsystems
  • Controlled Quantum Open Systems
  • Three Different Manifestations of the Quantum Zeno Effect
  • Progressive Decoherence and Total Environmental Disentanglement
  • Dynamics of Dissipative Quantum Systems: From Path Integrals to Master Equations
  • Quantum Entropies in a Classical Context
  • Foundational Aspects of Irreversible Quantum Dynamics
  • Irreversibility and the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
  • An Attempt at Relativistic Spontaneous Localization
  • The Quantum Jump Approach and Quantum Trajectories
  • Asymmetric Time Evolution and Resonances
  • Irreversibility, Resonances and Rigged Hilbert Spaces
  • Markovian Master Equations and Resonances in Quantum Open Systems
  • A New Topology for an Axiom of Quantum Mechanics
  • The Importance of Boundary Conditions in Quantum Mechanics
  • Time Asymmetric Quantum Mechanics and Relativistic Resonances
  • Irreversibility in the Framework of Hermitian and Non-Hermitian Treatments of Resonance States.

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