TY - BOOK AU - Caldeira,Amir O. TI - An introduction to macroscopic quantum phenomena and quantum dissipation SN - 9780521113755 (hardback : alk. paper) U1 - 530.12 KW - Quantum theory N1 - 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 ER -