The theory of open quantum systems

By:

Breuer, Heinz-Peter

Contributor(s):

Petruccione, Francesco [Author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford [u.a.] Clarendon Press 2007Edition: 1. publ. in paperbackDescription: XXI, 613 S. graph. Darst. 24 cmISBN:

0199213909 (pbk.)
9780199213900 (pbk.)
0198520638 (hbk.)
9780198520634 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

530.12

Other classification:

30.10
33.23
UK 1000
mat

Online resources:

Summary: This book treats the central physical concepts and mathematical techniques used to investigate the dynamics of open quantum systems. To provide a self-contained presentation the text begins with a survey of classical probability theory and with an introduction into the foundations of quantum mechanics with particular emphasis on its statistical interpretation. The fundamentals of density matrix theory, quantum Markov processes and dynamical semigroups are developed. The most important master equations used in quantum optics and in the theory of quantum Brownian motion are applied to the study of many examples. Special attention is paid to the theory of environment induced decoherence, its role in the dynamical description of the measurement process and to the experimental observation of decohering Schrodinger cat states. ...Summary: Treats the central physical concepts and mathematical techniques used to investigate the dynamics of open quantum systems. This book is aimed at students and lecturers in physics and applied mathematics and develops many analytical methods and computer simulation techniques and illustrates them with the help of specific examples.

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This book treats the central physical concepts and mathematical techniques used to investigate the dynamics of open quantum systems. To provide a self-contained presentation the text begins with a survey of classical probability theory and with an introduction into the foundations of quantum mechanics with particular emphasis on its statistical interpretation. The fundamentals of density matrix theory, quantum Markov processes and dynamical semigroups are developed. The most important master equations used in quantum optics and in the theory of quantum Brownian motion are applied to the study of many examples. Special attention is paid to the theory of environment induced decoherence, its role in the dynamical description of the measurement process and to the experimental observation of decohering Schrodinger cat states. ...

Treats the central physical concepts and mathematical techniques used to investigate the dynamics of open quantum systems. This book is aimed at students and lecturers in physics and applied mathematics and develops many analytical methods and computer simulation techniques and illustrates them with the help of specific examples.