Decoherence and the Appearance of a Classical World in Quantum Theory (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2003)

This book describes the phenomena that arise from the interaction between quantum systems and their environment. Since the first edition appeared in 1996, the concepts of decoherence have become firmly established experimentally and are now widely used in the literature. The major consequences of decoherence are the emergence of "classicality", superselection rules, the border line between microscopic and macroscopic behavior, the emergence of classical spacetime, and the appearance of quantum jumps. Most of the new developments in this rapidly evolving field are discussed in this second edition: chaos theory, quantum information, neuroscience, primordial fluctuations in cosmology, black holes and string theory, experimental tests, and interpretational issues. While the major part of the book is concerned with environmental decoherence derived from a universal Schrödinger equation, later chapters address complementary or competing approaches, such as consistent histories, open system dynamics, algebraic methods, and collapse models.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	May 2003
First published:	2003
Authors:	Erich Joos • H-.Dieter Zeh • Claus Kiefer • Domenico J. W. Giulini • Joachim Kupsch • Ion-Olimpiu Stamatescu
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	496
Edition:	2nd ed. 2003
ISBN-13:	978-3-540-00390-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Quantum physics (quantum mechanics) > General
LSN:	3-540-00390-8
Barcode:	9783540003908

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