Quantum Dynamical Semigroups and Applications

• Main Authors: Alicki, Robert (Author), Lendi, Karl (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 717
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.; Quantum physics.; Thermodynamics.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Quantum Physics.; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.

Reinvigorated by advances and insights, in particular from the active fields of quantum information and computing, the quantum theory of irreversible processes has recently attracted growing attention. This volume introduces the very basic concepts of semigroup dynamics of open quantum systems and r...

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