Quantum dynamical semigroups and applications. Lecture notes in physics; Bd. 286.

Alicki, Robert; Lendi, Karl

ISBN 10: 3540182764 / ISBN 13: 9783540182764

Published by Berlin, Springer, 1987

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Ex-library with stamp and library-signature. GOOD condition, some traces of use. C-01980 3540182764 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1050.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Quantum dynamical semigroups and applications. Lecture notes in physics; Bd. 286.
• Publisher: Berlin, Springer
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540182764
• ISBN 13: 9783540182764
• Binding: Hardcover
• Weight: 1050 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • SA MATHEMATIK

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Synopsis

In this text the authors develop quantum dynamics of open systems for a wide class of irreversible processes starting from the concept of completely positive semigroups. This unified approach makes the material easily accessible to non-specialists and provides an easy access to practical applications. Written for graduate students, the book presents a wealth of useful examples; in particular, models of unstable and N-level systems are treated systematically and in considerable detail including new types of generated Bloch-equations. The general theory is extensively summarized from abstract dynamical maps to those obtained by a reduction of Hamiltonian dynamics under a Markovian approximation. Various methods of determining semigroup generators and the corresponding master equations are discussed including time-dependent and nonlinear generators. Further topics treated are a generalized H-theorem, quantum detailed balance and return to equilibrium, discrete quantum Boltzmann equation, nonlinear Schrödinger equation, spin relaxation by spin waves, entropy production and its generalization by a measure of irreversibiblity.

From the Back Cover

Reinvigorated by advances and insights, in particular from the active fields of quantum information and computing, the quantum theory of irreversible processes has recently attracted growing attention.

This volume introduces the very basic concepts of semigroup dynamics of open quantum systems and reviews a variety of modern applications. The present book, originally published as Vol. 286 (1987) in Lecture in Physics, has been newly typeset, revised and corrected and also expanded to include a review on recent developments.