Quantum versus chaos
Subtitle: questions emerging from Mesoscopic cosmos
By: by Katsuhiro Nakamura.
Series: Fundamental theories of physics -- v.87
Publisher: Kluwer Academic; Springer
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Dordrecht; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Quantum theory.; Chaotic behavior in systems.; Mesoscopic phenomena (Physics)
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.