Quantum dissipative systems [[electronic resource] /] / Ulrich Weiss |
Autore | Weiss U (Ulrich) |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (527 p.) |
Disciplina | 530.12 |
Collana | Series in modern condensed matter physics |
Soggetto topico |
Quantum theory
Mathematical physics Thermodynamics Path integrals |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-93400-3
9786611934002 981-279-179-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Preface to the First Edition; 1 Introduction; I GENERAL THEORY OF OPEN QUANTUM SYSTEMS; 2 Diverse limited approaches: a brief survey; 2.1 Langevin equation for a damped classical system; 2.2 New schemes of quantization; 2.3 Traditional system-plus-reservoir methods; 2.3.1 Quantum-mechanical master equations for weak coupling; 2.3.2 Operator Langevin equations for weak coupling; 2.3.3 Quantum and quasiclassical Langevin equation; 2.3.4 Phenomenological methods; 2.4 Stochastic dynamics in Hilbert space
3 System-plus-reservoir models3.1 Harmonic oscillator bath with linear coupling; 3.1.1 The Hamiltonian of the global system; 3.1.2 The road to the classical generalized Langevin equation; 3.1.3 Phenomenological modeling; 3.1.4 Quasiclassical Langevin equation; 3.1.5 Ohmic and frequency-dependent damping; 3.1.6 Rubin model; 3.2 The Spin-Boson model; 3.2.1 The model Hamiltonian; 3.2.2 Josephson two-state systems: flux and charge qubit; 3.3 Microscopic models; 3.3.1 Acoustic polaron: one-phonon and two-phonon coupling; 3.3.2 Optical polaron 3.3.3 Interaction with fermions (normal and superconducting)3.3.4 Superconducting tunnel junction; 3.4 Charging and environmental effects in tunnel junctions; 3.4.1 The global system €or single electron tunneling; 3.4.2 Resistor, inductor and transmission lines; 3.4.3 Charging effects in Josephson junctions; 3.5 Nonlinear quantum environments; 4 Imaginary-time path integrals; 4.1 The density matrix: general concepts; 4.2 Effective action and equilibrium density matrix; 4.2.1 Open system with bilinear coupling to a harmonic reservoir; 4.2.2 State-dependent memory-friction 4.2.3 Spin-boson model4.2.4 Acoustic polaron and defect tunneling: one-phonon coupling; 4.2.5 Acoustic polaron: two-phonon coupling; 4.2.6 Tunneling between surfaces: one-phonon coupling; 4.2.7 Optical polaron; 4.2.8 Heavy particle in a metal; 4.2.9 Heavy particle in a superconductor; 4.2.10 Effective action for a Josephson junction; 4.2.11 Electromagnetic environment; 4.3 Partition function of the open system ; 4.3.1 General path integral expression; 4.3.2 Semiclassical approximation; 4.3.3 Partition function of the damped harmonic oscillator; 4.3.4 Functional measure in Fourier space 4.3.5 Partition function of the damped harmonic oscillator revisited 4.4Quantum statistical expectation values in phase space; 4.4.1 Generalized Weyl correspondence; 4.4.2 Generalized Wigner function and expectation values; 5 Real-time path integrals and dynamics; 5.1 Feynman-Vernon method for a product initial state; 5.2 Decoherence and friction; 5.3 General initial states and preparation function; 5.4 Complex-time path integral for the propagating function; 5 5 Real-time path integral for the propagating function; 5.5.1 Extremal paths; 5.5.2 Classical limit 5.5.3 Semiclassical limit: quasiclassical Langevin equation |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453189003321 |
Weiss U (Ulrich)
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Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2008 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Quantum dissipative systems [[electronic resource] /] / Ulrich Weiss |
Autore | Weiss U (Ulrich) |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (527 p.) |
Disciplina | 530.12 |
Collana | Series in modern condensed matter physics |
Soggetto topico |
Quantum theory
Mathematical physics Thermodynamics Path integrals |
ISBN |
1-281-93400-3
9786611934002 981-279-179-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Preface to the First Edition; 1 Introduction; I GENERAL THEORY OF OPEN QUANTUM SYSTEMS; 2 Diverse limited approaches: a brief survey; 2.1 Langevin equation for a damped classical system; 2.2 New schemes of quantization; 2.3 Traditional system-plus-reservoir methods; 2.3.1 Quantum-mechanical master equations for weak coupling; 2.3.2 Operator Langevin equations for weak coupling; 2.3.3 Quantum and quasiclassical Langevin equation; 2.3.4 Phenomenological methods; 2.4 Stochastic dynamics in Hilbert space
3 System-plus-reservoir models3.1 Harmonic oscillator bath with linear coupling; 3.1.1 The Hamiltonian of the global system; 3.1.2 The road to the classical generalized Langevin equation; 3.1.3 Phenomenological modeling; 3.1.4 Quasiclassical Langevin equation; 3.1.5 Ohmic and frequency-dependent damping; 3.1.6 Rubin model; 3.2 The Spin-Boson model; 3.2.1 The model Hamiltonian; 3.2.2 Josephson two-state systems: flux and charge qubit; 3.3 Microscopic models; 3.3.1 Acoustic polaron: one-phonon and two-phonon coupling; 3.3.2 Optical polaron 3.3.3 Interaction with fermions (normal and superconducting)3.3.4 Superconducting tunnel junction; 3.4 Charging and environmental effects in tunnel junctions; 3.4.1 The global system €or single electron tunneling; 3.4.2 Resistor, inductor and transmission lines; 3.4.3 Charging effects in Josephson junctions; 3.5 Nonlinear quantum environments; 4 Imaginary-time path integrals; 4.1 The density matrix: general concepts; 4.2 Effective action and equilibrium density matrix; 4.2.1 Open system with bilinear coupling to a harmonic reservoir; 4.2.2 State-dependent memory-friction 4.2.3 Spin-boson model4.2.4 Acoustic polaron and defect tunneling: one-phonon coupling; 4.2.5 Acoustic polaron: two-phonon coupling; 4.2.6 Tunneling between surfaces: one-phonon coupling; 4.2.7 Optical polaron; 4.2.8 Heavy particle in a metal; 4.2.9 Heavy particle in a superconductor; 4.2.10 Effective action for a Josephson junction; 4.2.11 Electromagnetic environment; 4.3 Partition function of the open system ; 4.3.1 General path integral expression; 4.3.2 Semiclassical approximation; 4.3.3 Partition function of the damped harmonic oscillator; 4.3.4 Functional measure in Fourier space 4.3.5 Partition function of the damped harmonic oscillator revisited 4.4Quantum statistical expectation values in phase space; 4.4.1 Generalized Weyl correspondence; 4.4.2 Generalized Wigner function and expectation values; 5 Real-time path integrals and dynamics; 5.1 Feynman-Vernon method for a product initial state; 5.2 Decoherence and friction; 5.3 General initial states and preparation function; 5.4 Complex-time path integral for the propagating function; 5 5 Real-time path integral for the propagating function; 5.5.1 Extremal paths; 5.5.2 Classical limit 5.5.3 Semiclassical limit: quasiclassical Langevin equation |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782270303321 |
Weiss U (Ulrich)
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Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2008 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Quantum dissipative systems [[electronic resource] /] / Ulrich Weiss |
Autore | Weiss U (Ulrich) |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (527 p.) |
Disciplina | 530.12 |
Collana | Series in modern condensed matter physics |
Soggetto topico |
Quantum theory
Mathematical physics Thermodynamics Path integrals |
ISBN |
1-281-93400-3
9786611934002 981-279-179-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Preface to the First Edition; 1 Introduction; I GENERAL THEORY OF OPEN QUANTUM SYSTEMS; 2 Diverse limited approaches: a brief survey; 2.1 Langevin equation for a damped classical system; 2.2 New schemes of quantization; 2.3 Traditional system-plus-reservoir methods; 2.3.1 Quantum-mechanical master equations for weak coupling; 2.3.2 Operator Langevin equations for weak coupling; 2.3.3 Quantum and quasiclassical Langevin equation; 2.3.4 Phenomenological methods; 2.4 Stochastic dynamics in Hilbert space
3 System-plus-reservoir models3.1 Harmonic oscillator bath with linear coupling; 3.1.1 The Hamiltonian of the global system; 3.1.2 The road to the classical generalized Langevin equation; 3.1.3 Phenomenological modeling; 3.1.4 Quasiclassical Langevin equation; 3.1.5 Ohmic and frequency-dependent damping; 3.1.6 Rubin model; 3.2 The Spin-Boson model; 3.2.1 The model Hamiltonian; 3.2.2 Josephson two-state systems: flux and charge qubit; 3.3 Microscopic models; 3.3.1 Acoustic polaron: one-phonon and two-phonon coupling; 3.3.2 Optical polaron 3.3.3 Interaction with fermions (normal and superconducting)3.3.4 Superconducting tunnel junction; 3.4 Charging and environmental effects in tunnel junctions; 3.4.1 The global system €or single electron tunneling; 3.4.2 Resistor, inductor and transmission lines; 3.4.3 Charging effects in Josephson junctions; 3.5 Nonlinear quantum environments; 4 Imaginary-time path integrals; 4.1 The density matrix: general concepts; 4.2 Effective action and equilibrium density matrix; 4.2.1 Open system with bilinear coupling to a harmonic reservoir; 4.2.2 State-dependent memory-friction 4.2.3 Spin-boson model4.2.4 Acoustic polaron and defect tunneling: one-phonon coupling; 4.2.5 Acoustic polaron: two-phonon coupling; 4.2.6 Tunneling between surfaces: one-phonon coupling; 4.2.7 Optical polaron; 4.2.8 Heavy particle in a metal; 4.2.9 Heavy particle in a superconductor; 4.2.10 Effective action for a Josephson junction; 4.2.11 Electromagnetic environment; 4.3 Partition function of the open system ; 4.3.1 General path integral expression; 4.3.2 Semiclassical approximation; 4.3.3 Partition function of the damped harmonic oscillator; 4.3.4 Functional measure in Fourier space 4.3.5 Partition function of the damped harmonic oscillator revisited 4.4Quantum statistical expectation values in phase space; 4.4.1 Generalized Weyl correspondence; 4.4.2 Generalized Wigner function and expectation values; 5 Real-time path integrals and dynamics; 5.1 Feynman-Vernon method for a product initial state; 5.2 Decoherence and friction; 5.3 General initial states and preparation function; 5.4 Complex-time path integral for the propagating function; 5 5 Real-time path integral for the propagating function; 5.5.1 Extremal paths; 5.5.2 Classical limit 5.5.3 Semiclassical limit: quasiclassical Langevin equation |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822078203321 |
Weiss U (Ulrich)
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Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2008 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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