An introduction to macroscopic quantum phenomena and quantum dissipation /

Caldeira, Amir O.,

An introduction to macroscopic quantum phenomena and quantum dissipation / Amir O. Caldeira, Instituto de FĂ­sica Gleb Wataghin, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. - xiv, 283 pages : illustrations ;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-278) and index.

Elements of magnetism -- Elements of superconductivity -- Brownian motion -- Models for quantum dissipation -- Implementation of the propagator approach -- The damped harmonic oscillator -- Dissipative quantum tunneling -- Dissipative coherent tunneling -- Outlook -- Appendix A: Path integrals, the quantum mechanical propagator, and density operators -- Appendix B: The Markovian master equation -- Appendix C: Coherent-state representation -- Appendix D: Euclidean methods.

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Quantum theory.

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