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082			_a530.12 WEI
100			_aWeiss, Ulrich
245			_aQuantum dissipative systems
250			_a3rd
260			_bWorld Scientific, _c2008. _aSingapore:
300			_axviii; 507 p. _bpb; _c23 cm.
365			_aGBP _b59.99
440			_aSeries in modern condensed matter physics
520			_aMajor advances in the quantum theory of macroscopic systems, in combination with stunning experimental achievements, have brightened the field and brought it to the attention of the general community in natural sciences. Today, working knowledge of dissipative quantum mechanics is an essential tool for many physicists. This book - originally published in 1990 and republished in 1999 as an enlarged second edition - delves much deeper than ever before into the fundamental concepts, methods, and applications of quantum dissipative systems, including the most recent developments. In this third edition, 26 chapters from the second edition contain additional material and several chapters are completely rewritten. It deals with the phenomena and theory of decoherence, relaxation, and dissipation in quantum mechanics that arise from the interaction with the environment. In so doing, a general path integral description of equilibrium thermodynamics and nonequilibrium dynamics is developed.
650			_aIntegrals, Path
650			_aPath Integrals
650			_aPhysics
650			_aAtomic Physics
650			_aPhysical Sciences &​ Mathematics
650			_aMathematical Physics
650			_aQuantum Theory
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