Screen LibraryAn introduction to macroscopic quantum phenomena and quantum dissipation /
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 283 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-278) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780521113755 (hardback : alk. paper) : 052111375X (hardback : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | QC174 |
| CLC: | O413 |
| Call Number: | O413/C146 |
| Contents: | Elements of magnetism -- Elements of superconductivity -- Brownian motion -- Models for quantum dissipation -- Implementation of the propagator approach -- The damped harmonic oscillator -- Dissipative quantum tunneling -- Dissipative coherent tunneling -- Outlook -- Appendix A: Path integrals, the quantum mechanical propagator, and density operators -- Appendix B: The Markovian master equation -- Appendix C: Coherent-state representation -- Appendix D: Euclidean methods. |