Quantum Theory and Its Stochastic Limit (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)

The subject of this book is a new mathematical technique, the stochastic limit, developed for solving nonlinear problems in quantum theory involving systems with infinitely many degrees of freedom (typically quantum fields or gases in the thermodynamic limit). This technique is condensed into some easily applied rules (called "stochastic golden rules"), which allow us to single out the dominating contributions to the dynamical evolution of systems in regimes involving long times and small effects. In the stochastic limit the original Hamiltonian theory is approximated using a new Hamiltonian theory which is singular. These singular Hamiltonians still define a unitary evolution, and the new equations give much more insight into the relevant physical phenomena than the original Hamiltonian equations. Especially, one can explicitly compute multi-time correlations (e.g. photon statistics) or coherent vectors, which are beyond the reach of typical asymptotic techniques.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	August 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Luigi Accardi • Yun Gang Lu • Igor Volovich
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	474
Edition:	2002 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-540-41928-0
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Stochastics Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Quantum physics (quantum mechanics) > General Promotions
LSN:	3-540-41928-4
Barcode:	9783540419280

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