Quantum Dynamics of a Particle in a Tracking Chamber

Rodolfo Figari

ISBN 10: 3642409156 / ISBN 13: 9783642409158

Published by Springer, Springer Nov 2013, 2013

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -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 presentbook examines a paradigmatic case of the transition from quantum to classical behavior:A quantum particle is revealed in a trackingchamber as a trajectory obeying the laws of classical mechanics. The authorsprovide herea purely quantum-mechanical description ofthis behavior, thus helping to illuminate the nature of the border between the quantum and the classical.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 112 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Quantum Dynamics of a Particle in a Tracking Chamber
• Publisher: Springer, Springer Nov 2013
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642409156
• ISBN 13: 9783642409158
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 7D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 7 millimeters depth
• Weight: 184 grams

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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.