Ebook: Quantum versus chaos: questions emerging from mesoscopic cosmos
Author: Nakamura Katsuhiro
- Genre: Physics // Quantum Mechanics
- Tags: Condensed matter., Statistical physics., Dynamics., Optical materials., Electronics -- Materials., Physics., Quantum Physics., Theoretical Mathematical and Computational Physics., Statistical Physics Dynamical Systems and Complexity., Condensed Matter Physics., Optical and Electronic Materials., Mesoscopic phenomena (Physics), Quantum theory., Chaotic behavior in systems.
- Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics An International Book Series on The Fundamental Theories of Physics: Their Clarification Development and Application 87
- Year: 2002
- Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
- City: New York
- Language: English
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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 Read more...
Abstract: 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