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This volume contains the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research
Workshop on Quantum Chaos -- Theory and Experiment', held at the
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, from 28 May to 1
June 1991. The work brings together leading quantum chaos theorists
and experimentalists and greatly improves our understanding of the
physics of quantum systems whose classical limit is chaotic.
Quantum chaos is a subject of considerable current interest in a
variety of fields, in particular nuclear physics, chemistry,
statistical mechanics, atomic physics, condensed matter physics and
nonlinear dynamics. The volume contains lectures about the
currently most active fronts of quantum chaos, such as scars,
semiclassical methods, quantum diffusion, random matrix spectra,
quantum chaos in atomic and nuclear physics, and possible
implications of quantum chaos for the problem of quantum
measurement. Part of the book -- The Physics of Quantum
Measurements -- is dedicated to the memory of John Bell.
Nature provides many examples of physical systems that are
described by deterministic equations of motion, but that
nevertheless exhibit nonpredictable behavior. The detailed
description of turbulent motions remains perhaps the outstanding
unsolved problem of classical physics. In recent years, however, a
new theory has been formulated that succeeds in making quantitative
predictions describing certain transitions to turbulence. Its
significance lies in its possible application to large classes
(often very dissimilar) of nonlinear systems. Since the publication
of Universality in Chaos in 1984, progress has continued to be made
in our understanding of nonlinear dynamical systems and chaos. This
second edition extends the collection of articles to cover recent
developments in the field, including the use of statistical
mechanics techniques in the study of strange sets arising in
dynamics. It concentrates on the universal aspects of chaotic
motions, the qualitative and quantitative predictions that apply to
large classes of physical systems. Much like the previous edition,
this book will be an indispensable reference for researchers and
graduate students interested in chaotic dynamics in the physical,
biological, and mathematical sciences as well as engineering.
Nature provides many examples of physical systems that are
described by deterministic equations of motion, but that
nevertheless exhibit nonpredictable behavior. The detailed
description of turbulent motions remains perhaps the outstanding
unsolved problem of classical physics. In recent years, however, a
new theory has been formulated that succeeds in making quantitative
predictions describing certain transitions to turbulence. Its
significance lies in its possible application to large classes
(often very dissimilar) of nonlinear systems.
Since the publication of Universality in Chaos in 1984, progress
has continued to be made in our understanding of nonlinear
dynamical systems and chaos. This second edition extends the
collection of articles to cover recent developments in the field,
including the use of statistical mechanics techniques in the study
of strange sets arising in dynamics. It concentrates on the
universal aspects of chaotic motions, the qualitative and
quantitative predictions that apply to large classes of physical
systems. Much like the previous edition, this book will be an
indispensable reference for researchers and graduate students
interested in chaotic dynamics in the physical, biological, and
mathematical sciences as well as engineering.
This volume contains the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study
Institute held at Centro di Cultura Scientifica "A. Volta," Villa
Olmo, Como, 25 June -6 .J uly 1990. R. Artuso, University of
Milano, was the scientific secretary of the Institute, the director
was P. Cvitanovic, Niels Bohr Institute, while G. Casati,
Universit.y of Milano, acted as the host and the co-director. Other
members of the scientific organiz ing committee were R.E. Ecke, Los
Alamos National Laboratory, M.J. Feigenbaum, Rockefeller
University, and 1. Procaccia, Weizmann Institute. The attendence at
the school consisted of 20 lecturers and 89 students. The term
"student" covers here a broad range from a graduate student to a
well.established professional, and indeed the Best Student prize
was won by Eddie G.D. Cohen, a student well advanced. The
organizers of the school would like to thank H.H. Rllgh and R.
Mainieri for running the very lively "student" seminar series, to
our hosts at Villa Olmo for making our stay so pleasant, to the
lecturers and seminar speakers for their valiant efforts to
enlighten us, to Dipartimento di F'isica, Universitcl di Milano for
additional funding, and to R. Artuso for making this school a
success. The Feigenbaum lectures were written up by Z. Kovacs,
while A. Oliveira and S."
This volume contains the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research
Workshop on Quantum Chaos -- Theory and Experiment', held at the
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, from 28 May to 1
June 1991. The work brings together leading quantum chaos theorists
and experimentalists and greatly improves our understanding of the
physics of quantum systems whose classical limit is chaotic.
Quantum chaos is a subject of considerable current interest in a
variety of fields, in particular nuclear physics, chemistry,
statistical mechanics, atomic physics, condensed matter physics and
nonlinear dynamics. The volume contains lectures about the
currently most active fronts of quantum chaos, such as scars,
semiclassical methods, quantum diffusion, random matrix spectra,
quantum chaos in atomic and nuclear physics, and possible
implications of quantum chaos for the problem of quantum
measurement. Part of the book -- The Physics of Quantum
Measurements -- is dedicated to the memory of John Bell.
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