Quantum-Classical Correspondence
Subtitle: Dynamical Quantization and the Classical Limit
By: by A.O. Bolivar
Series: The Frontiers Collection; Frontiers collection
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9783642057656; 9783662096499
Subjects: Quantum theory; Distribution (Probability theory); Physics
Description: At what level of physical existence does "quantum behavior" begin? How does it develop from classical mechanics? This book addresses these questions and thereby sheds light on fundamental conceptual problems of quantum mechanics. Quantum-Classical Correspondence elucidates the problem by developing a procedure for quantizing stochastic systems (e.g. Brownian systems) described by Fokker-Planck equations. The logical consistency of the scheme is then verified by taking the classical limit of the equations of motion and corresponding physical quantities. Perhaps equally important, conceptual problems concerning the relationship between classical and quantum physics are identified and discussed. Physical scientists will find this an accessible entrée to an intriguing and thorny issue at the core of modern physics.
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Table of contents: title: Towards a Non-Galilean View of Physics; title: Some Basics of Stochastic Processes; title: Classical Physics; title: Quantum Physics; title: Classical Limit of Quantum Physics; title: Summary and Open Questions; title: Appendices; title: References; title: Index.