Shin Takagi

Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book contains a coherent and self-contained account of macroscopic quantum phenomena, focusing on the central role played by macroscopic quantum tunneling. Beginning with an explanation of the nature and significance of the Schrö dinger's cat concept, Shin Takagi introduces macroscopic quantum tunneling. He deals with typical examples in detail, elucidating how quantum mechanical coherence may be lost (so-called "decoherence") or how it may be maintained despite the effects of environment and measurement processes. Assuming only a knowledge of elementary quantum mechanics, this book emphasizes conceptual aspects rather than technical details.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9780521675710
• ISBN-10: 0521675715
• Artikelnr.: 22478244

Autorenporträt

Shin Takagi is Professor of Physical Sciences at Fuji Tokoha University and is probably best known for the Leggett-Takagi equation explaining the spin dynamics of superfluid helium 3.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Overview of macroscopic quantum tunneling
3. Some candidate systems for macroscopic quantum tunneling
4. Environmental problems
5. Harmonic environment
6. Quantum resonant oscillation in the harmonic environment
7. Quantum decay in the harmonic environment
8. General versus harmonic environments
9. The cat in the moonlight
Appendix A. Euclidean space and Hilbert space
Appendix B. Virtual ground state of a system of a single degree of freedom and its decay
Appendix C. Functional derivative
Appendix D. Miscellanea about spin
References.