Decoherence and Entropy in Complex Systems Selected Lectures from DICE 2002 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Elze, Hans-Thomas (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2004.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 633
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mathematical physics.; Quantum physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Condensed matter.; Engineering, general.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Quantum Physics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Condensed Matter Physics.

The contributions to this volume are based on selected lectures from the first international workshop on decoherence, information, complexity and entropy (DICE). These contributions reflect and acknowledge the growing importance of common concepts behind seemingly different fields such as quantum me...

Table of Contents:

• Prologue
• Gravity and Cosmology - Classical and Quantum Aspects
• Quantum Mechanics in Between - Decoherence and Determinism
• Decoherence in Mesoscopic Systems
• Entropy, Chaos and Complexity.