Quantum Statistical Mechanics - Rilegato

Schieve, William C.; Horwitz, Lawrence P.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0521841461 ISBN 13: 9780521841467

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

Many-body theory stands at the foundation of modern quantum statistical mechanics. It is introduced here to graduate students in physics, chemistry, engineering and biology. The book provides a contemporary understanding of irreversibility, particularly in quantum systems. It explains entropy production in quantum kinetic theory and in the master equation formulation of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. The first half of the book focuses on the foundations of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics with emphasis on quantum mechanics. The second half of the book contains alternative views of quantum statistical mechanics, and topics of current interest for advanced graduate level study and research. Unique to textbooks on this subject, this book contains a discussion of the fundamental Gleason theorem. Quantum entanglements are treated in application to quantum computation and the difficulties arising from decoherence. The relativistic generalization of the Boltzmann equation is derived, and modern transport applications to reservoir ballistic transport are developed.

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Many-body theory stands at the foundation of modern quantum statistical mechanics and it is introduced here to graduates in physics, chemistry, engineering and biology. The book focuses on the foundations of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, and provides alternative views of quantum statistical mechanics.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521841461
• ISBN 13: 9780521841467
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 428