Quantum versus Chaos

Quantum versus Chaos
Author: K. Nakamura
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2006-04-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0306471213

Quantum and chaos, key concepts in contemporary science, are incompatible by nature. This volume presents an investigation into quantum transport in mesoscopic or nanoscale systems which are classically chaotic and shows the success and failure of quantal, semiclassical, and random matrix theories in dealing with questions emerging from the mesoscopic cosmos. These traditional theories are critically analysed, and this leads to a new direction. To reconcile quantum with chaos and to restore genuine temporal chaos in quantum systems, a time-discrete variant of quantum dynamics is proposed. Audience:This book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in physics, chemistry and mathematics, whose work involves fundamental questions of quantum mechanics in chaotic systems.

Quantum versus Chaos

Quantum versus Chaos
Author: K. Nakamura
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1997-05-31
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0792345576

An investigation into quantum transport in mesoscopic or nanoscale systems which are classically chaotic, showing the success and failure of quantal, semiclassical, and random matrix theories in dealing with questions emerging from the mesoscopic cosmos. To reconcile quantum with chaos and to restore genuine temporal chaos in quantum systems, a time-discrete variant of quantum dynamics is proposed. Of interest to graduate students and researchers in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Quantum Chaos

Quantum Chaos
Author: Giulio Casati
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 703
Release: 1995-04-27
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 052143291X

This book provides a comprehensive overview of our understanding of chaotic behaviour in quantum systems.

Quantum Chaos

Quantum Chaos
Author: Katsuhiro Nakamura
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1994-06-02
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780521467469

Past studies on chaos have been concerned with classical systems but this book is one of the first to deal with quantum chaos.

The Transition to Chaos

The Transition to Chaos
Author: Linda Reichl
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 704
Release: 2004-05-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780387987880

Based on courses given at the universities of Texas in Austin, and California in San Diego, this book treats an active fields of research that touches upon the foundations of physics and chemistry. It presents, in as simple a manner as possible, the basic mechanisms that determine the dynamical evolution of both classical and quantum systems in sufficient generality to include quantum phenomena. The book begins with a discussion of Noether's theorem, integrability, KAM theory, and a definition of chaotic behavior; it continues with a detailed discussion of area-preserving maps, integrable quantum systems, spectral properties, path integrals, and periodically driven systems; and it concludes by showing how to apply the ideas to stochastic systems. The presentation is complete and self-contained; appendices provide much of the needed mathematical background, and there are extensive references to the current literature. Problems at the ends of chapters help students clarify their understanding. In this new edition, the presentation will be brought up to date throughout, and a new chapter on open quantum systems will be added.

Quantum Chaos — Quantum Measurement

Quantum Chaos — Quantum Measurement
Author: Predrag Cvitanovic
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1992-01-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0792315995

This volume contains the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on `Quantum Chaos -- Theory and Experiment', held at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, from 28 May to 1 June 1991. The work brings together leading quantum chaos theorists and experimentalists and greatly improves our understanding of the physics of quantum systems whose classical limit is chaotic. Quantum chaos is a subject of considerable current interest in a variety of fields, in particular nuclear physics, chemistry, statistical mechanics, atomic physics, condensed matter physics and nonlinear dynamics. The volume contains lectures about the currently most active fronts of quantum chaos, such as scars, semiclassical methods, quantum diffusion, random matrix spectra, quantum chaos in atomic and nuclear physics, and possible implications of quantum chaos for the problem of quantum measurement. Part of the book -- The Physics of Quantum Measurements -- is dedicated to the memory of John Bell.

The Transition to Chaos

The Transition to Chaos
Author: Linda Reichl
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 555
Release: 2022-04-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783030635367

Based on courses given at the universities of Texas and California, this book treats an active field of research that touches upon the foundations of physics and chemistry. It presents, in as simple a manner as possible, the basic mechanisms that determine the dynamical evolution of both classical and quantum systems in sufficient generality to include quantum phenomena. The book begins with a discussion of Noether's theorem, integrability, KAM theory, and a definition of chaotic behavior; continues with a detailed discussion of area-preserving maps, integrable quantum systems, spectral properties, path integrals, and periodically driven systems; and concludes by showing how to apply the ideas to stochastic systems. The presentation is complete and self-contained; appendices provide much of the needed mathematical background, and there are extensive references to the current literature; while problems at the ends of chapters help students clarify their understanding. This new edition has an updated presentation throughout, and a new chapter on open quantum systems.

New Directions in Quantum Chaos

New Directions in Quantum Chaos
Author: Società italiana di fisica
Publisher: IOS Press
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2000
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1614992282

The rapid progress of the research field of quantum chaos and its applications called for a book that keeps students abreast of the new developments and at the same time provides a solid basis in subjects which form the canon of the field. This book discusses the following topics: Spectral statistics and their semiclassical interpretation in terms of the Gutzwiller trace formula, Quantum chaos and its applications in mesoscopic physics, Spectral statistics and conductance fluctuations and Quantum chaos in systems with many degrees of freedom. The book connects and continues past and present achievements and prepares the ground for a future full of intriguing and important developments.

Quantum Chaos

Quantum Chaos
Author: Hans-Jürgen Stöckmann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 368
Release: 1999
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521592840

Discusses quantum chaos, an important area of nonlinear science.