
Quantum Dissipative Systems
Ulrich Weiss(Author)
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Will be published approx. on 1. March 1993
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Hardback
252 pages
978-981-02-0754-0 (ISBN)
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This book deals with the statistical mechanics and dynamics of open quantum systems moving irreversibly under the influence of a dissipative environment. The basic concepts and methods are described on the basis of a microscopic description with emphasis on the functional integral approach. The general theory for the time evolution of the density matrix of the damped system is developed. Many of the sophisticated ideas in the field are explained with simple models. The discussion includes, among others, the interplay between thermal and quantum fluctuations, quantum statistical decay, macroscopic quantum tunneling and quantum coherence.
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English
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Singapore
Singapore
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Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
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978-981-02-0754-0 (9789810207540)
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Quantum Dissipative Systems
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Content
Path integral formulation; imaginery-time and real-time approach; microscopic models; ohmic and super-ohmic dissipation; quantum statistical decay; dissipative two-state and multi-state systems; quantum diffusion in solids; quantum Brownian motion; quantum noise theory; macroscopic quantum tunneling and quantum coherence; macroscopic quantum effects in Josephson systems; response functions and fluctutation-dissipation theorem; structure factor for neutron scattering; universal low-temperature properties of dissipative quantum systems.