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Quantum mechanics & the big world : order, broken symmetry and coherence in quantum many-body systems / Jasper van Wezel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wezel, Jasper van.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quantum theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (171 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Leiden University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The quantum origin of large (classical) systems turns out to continuously influence their behaviour. One of the consequences discussed in this thesis, is that qubits cannot hold on to their stored quantum information forever.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Preface
- pt. 2. Quantum mechanics in the big world
- pt. 3. Quantum mechanics of the big world
- pt. 4. Quantum mechanics or the big world
- pt. 5. Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-19127-2
- 9786611191276
- 90-485-0211-X
- 1-4294-7816-0
- OCLC:
- 437106926
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