Decoherence and the Appearance of a Classical World in Quantum Theory

by Erich Joos and Domenico J.W. Giulini

Book Overview

When we were preparing the first edition of this book, the concept of de- coherence was known only to a minority of physicists. In the meantime, a wealth of contributions has appeared in the literature - important ones as well as serious misunderstandings. The phenomenon itself is now experimen- tally clearly established and theoretically well understood in principle. New fields of application, discussed in the revised book, are chaos theory, informa-...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642055761
• ISBN13: 9783642055768
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"