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.
| ISBN: | 9783642089855 |
| Publication date: | 19th November 2010 |
| Author: | Robert Alicki, K Lendi |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 129 pages |
| Series: | Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Genres: |
Cybernetics and systems theory Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics) Quantum and theoretical chemistry Materials science Thermodynamics and heat Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory) Mathematical physics |