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082	0	0	_a530.12
100	1		_aCaldeira, Amir O.,
245	1	3	_aAn introduction to macroscopic quantum phenomena and quantum dissipation / _cAmir O. Caldeira, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin, Universidade Estadual de Campinas.
300			_axiv, 283 pages : _billustrations ;
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 272-278) and index.
505	0		_aElements 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.
650		0	_aQuantum theory.
942			_cBK