Quantum and chaos, key concepts in contemporary science, are incompatible by nature. This volume presents an investigation into quantum transport in mesoscopic or nanoscale systems which are classically chaotic and shows the success and failure of quantal, semiclassical, and random matrix theories in dealing with questions emerging from the mesoscopic cosmos. These traditional theories are critically analysed, and this leads to a new direction. To reconcile quantum with chaos and to restore genuine temporal chaos in quantum systems, a time-discrete variant of quantum dynamics is proposed.
Audience:This book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in physics, chemistry and mathematics, whose work involves fundamental questions of quantum mechanics in chaotic systems.
| ISBN: | 9789048148509 |
| Publication date: | 15th December 2010 |
| Author: | Katsuhiro Nakamura |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Fundamental Theories of Physics |
| Genres: |
Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory) Cybernetics and systems theory Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics) Engineering applications of electronic, magnetic, optical materials Mathematical physics |