Decoherence and the Quantum-To-Classical Transition

• Main Author: Schlosshauer, Maximilian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum physics.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Quantum Physics.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.

The ultimate introduction, textbook, and reference on decoherence and the quantum-to-classical transition. This detailed but accessible text describes the concepts, formalism, interpretation, and experimental observation of decoherence and explains how decoherence is responsible for the emergence, f...

Table of Contents:

• Introducing Decoherence
• The Basic Formalism and Interpretation of Decoherence
• Decoherence Is Everywhere: Localization Due to Environmental Scattering
• Master-Equation Formulations of Decoherence
• A World of Spins and Oscillators: Canonical Models for Decoherence
• Of Buckey Balls and SQUIDs: Observing Decoherence in Action
• Decoherence and Quantum Computing
• The Role of Decoherence in Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
• Observations, the Quantum Brain, and Decoherence.