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Social laser : application of quantum information and field theories to modeling of social processes /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Khrennikov, A. I︠U︡. (Andreĭ I︠U︡rʹevich), 1958- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2020.
Subjects:
Social problems > Mathematical models.
Quantum computing.
Field theory (Physics)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1.1: Interplay of Psychology and Physics: Historical Overview
  • 1.2: Quantum Brain
  • 1.3: Quantum-Like Modeling of Cognition and Decision Making
  • 1.3.1: From Probabilistic Foundations of Quantum Mechanics to Quantum-Like Modeling
  • 1.3.2: Quantum-Like Models Outside Physics
  • 1.4: Operational Formalism: Creation and Annihilation Operators
  • 1.5: Social Laser as a Fruit of the Quantum Information Revolution
  • 1.6: Bose-Einstein Statistics of Information Excitations
  • 1.7: Powerful Information Flows as the Basic Condition of Social Laser Functioning
  • 1.8: Resonators of Physical and Social Lasers
  • Chapter 2: Social Laser Model for Stimulated Amplification of Social Actions
  • 2.1: What Can Be Expected from the Social Laser Model?
  • 2.2: Color Revolutions
  • 2.3: Democratic Social Protests
  • 2.4: Social Energy Pumping
  • 2.5: Quick Relaxation
  • 2.6: Echo Chambers
  • 2.7: Conflating Opposition Protests with Warfare
  • Chapter 3: Basics of Physical Lasing
  • 3.1: Laser: History of Invention
  • 3.2: Spontaneous and Stimulated Emission
  • 3.3: Population Inversion
  • Chapter 4: Basics of Social Lasing
  • 4.1: Social Energy
  • 4.1.1: Energy of Social Atoms
  • 4.1.2: Energy of the Quantum Information Field
  • 4.2: Quantum Field Representation of the Information Flow Generated by Mass Media
  • 4.3: Coloring Information Excitations
  • 4.4: From Rough-Coloring to Indistinguishability
  • 4.5: The Role of Emotions in Transition to the Indistinguishability Mode: Illustration by Military and Revolutionary Propaganda
  • 4.6: Hidden Variables: Genuine Quantum versus Quantum-Like Models
  • 4.7: Coloring Role: Pumping versus Emission
  • 4.8: Comparing Stimulated Emission in Quantum Physics and the Bandwagon Effect in Psychology and Social Science
  • 4.9: Social Lasing Schematically
  • Chapter 5: Information Thermodynamics
  • 5.1: Thermodynamics from Combinatorics of State Distribution
  • 5.2: Thermodynamics of Distinguishable Systems
  • 5.3: Thermodynamics of Indistinguishable Systems
  • 5.3.1: Social Temperature
  • 5.3.2: Possible Statistics
  • Chapter 6: Thermodynamical Approach to Modeling Population Inversion for Social Laser
  • 6.1: Einstein Coefficients and Balance Equation for Human Gain Medium Interacting with Information Field
  • 6.2: Balance Equation for Steady State and Population Inversion
  • 6.3: Information Laser: The Four-Level Model
  • 6.3.1: Radiative versus Nonradiative Emission for Physical Atoms
  • 6.3.2: Mental Analogues of Radiative and Nonradiative Emissions
  • 6.3.3: Balance Equation for Steady State and Population Inversion
  • 6.4: Concluding Remark
  • Chapter 7: Laser Resonator
  • 7.1: Resonators of Physical Lasers
  • 7.1.1: Spontaneous Initiation of Physical Lasing