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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
W C Schieve; L P Horwitz |
| ISBN: | 9780521841467 0521841461 |
| OCLC Number: | 265740485 |
| Description: | xiv, 414 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Foundations of quantum statistical mechanics -- Elementary examples -- Quantum statistical master equation -- Quantum kinetic equations -- Quantum irreversibility -- Entropy and dissipation : the microscopic theory -- Global equilibrium : thermostatics and the microcanonical ensemble -- Bose-Einstein ideal gas condensation -- Scaling, renormalization, and the Ising model -- Relativistic covariant statistical mechanics of many particles -- Quantum optics and damping -- Entanglements -- Quantum measurement and irreversibility -- Quantum Langevin equation and quantum Brownian motion -- Linear response : fluctuation and dissipation theorems -- Time-dependent quantum Green's functions -- Decay scattering -- Quantum statistical mechanics, extended -- Quantum transport with tunneling and reservoir ballistic transport -- Black hole thermodynamics. |
| Responsibility: | William C. Schieve, Lawrence P. Horwitz. |
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Abstract:
Introduces many-body theory of modern quantum statistical mechanics to graduate students in physics, chemistry, engineering and biology.
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