Quantum networks : dynamics of open nanostructures /

Quantum Networks is focused on density matrix theory cast into a representation - SU(n) algebra - particularly adapted to describing networks of quasi-molecular subsystems. This approach is important for understanding how classical properties emerge within a quantum mechanical world and how non-clas...

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Main Author: Mahler, Günter
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Weberruss, Volker Achim
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [1995]
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Summary:Quantum Networks is focused on density matrix theory cast into a representation - SU(n) algebra - particularly adapted to describing networks of quasi-molecular subsystems. This approach is important for understanding how classical properties emerge within a quantum mechanical world and how non-classical features survive in a classical environment. Non-classical aspects such as single-particle and multi-particle coherence are introduced and discussed. A picture evolves of how these features are generated and destroyed by interactions with the environment. The outcome is a description of how the dynamics of individual quantum sytems are interrelated with information dynamics. This book will be invaluable for graduates and scientists with a theoretical interest in quantum systems. It will help them develop an intuitive feeling for the meaning of quantum information and how its rules depend on the environment.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 390 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-377) and index.
ISBN:9783662031766 (electronic bk.)
3662031760 (electronic bk.)