Quantum Dynamics of a Particle in a Tracking Chamber (Paperback, 2014 ed.)

In the original formulation of quantum mechanics the existence of a precise border between a microscopic world, governed by quantum mechanics, and a macroscopic world, described by classical mechanics was assumed. Modern theoretical and experimental physics has moved that border several times, carefully investigating its definition and making available to observation larger and larger quantum systems. The present book examines a paradigmatic case of the transition from quantum to classical behavior: A quantum particle is revealed in a tracking chamber as a trajectory obeying the laws of classical mechanics. The authors provide here a purely quantum-mechanical description of this behavior, thus helping to illuminate the nature of the border between the quantum and the classical.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	SpringerBriefs in Physics
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	2014
Authors:	Rodolfo Figari • Alessandro Teta
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	101
Edition:	2014 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-40915-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Particle & high-energy physics
LSN:	3-642-40915-6
Barcode:	9783642409158

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