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Advances in chemical physics [electronic resource] : Volume 122, Dynamical systems and irreversibility : Proceedings of the XXI Solvay Conference on Physics / edited by Ioannis Antoniou ; series editors, I. Prigogine and Stuart A. Rice.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Solvay Conference on Physics (21st : 1998 : Kansai Science City, Japan)
- Series:
- Advances in chemical physics ; v. 122.
- Advances in chemical physics ; v. 122
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical--Congresses.
- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.
- Chemical processes--Congresses.
- Chemical processes.
- Differentiable dynamical systems--Congresses.
- Differentiable dynamical systems.
- Quantum theory--Congresses.
- Quantum theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (379 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Chichester : Wiley, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Leading research, perspectives, and analysis of dynamical systems and irreversibility Edited by Nobel Prize winner Ilya Prigogine and renowned authority Stuart A. Rice, the Advances in Chemical Physics series provides a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations in every area of the discipline. In a format that encourages the expression of individual points of view, experts in the field present comprehensive analyses of subjects of interest. Volume 122 collects papers from the XXI Solvay Conference on Physics, dedicated to the exploration of ""Dynamical Systems and Irreversibility."" Ioan
- Contents:
- DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS AND IRREVERSIBILITY A SPECIAL VOLUME OF ADVANCES IN CHEMICAL PHYSICS VOLUME 122; EDITORIAL BOARD; CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 122; ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOLVAY INSTITUTES FOR PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY; SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE FOR PHYSICS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOLVAY INSTITUTES FOR PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY; THE SOLVAY CONFERENCES ON PHYSICS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; OPENING SPEECH; INTRODUCTORY REMARKS; PART ONE DISCRETE MAPS; NON-MARKOVIAN EFFECTS IN THE STANDARD MAP; THERMODYNAMICS OF A SIMPLE HAMILTONIAN CHAOTIC SYSTEM; HARMONIC ANALYSIS OF UNSTABLE SYSTEMS
- PROPERTIES OF PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT CHAOS IN CRITICAL STATESFROM COUPLED DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS TO BIOLOGICAL IRREVERSIBILITY; PART TWO TRANSPORT AND DIFFUSION; IRREVERSIBILITY IN REVERSIBLE MULTIBAKER MAPS-TRANSPORT AND FRACTAL DISTRIBUTIONS; DIFFUSION AND THE POINCARÉ-BIRKHOFF MAPPING OF CHAOTIC SYSTEMS; TRANSPORT THEORY FOR COLLECTIVE MODES AND GREEN-KUBO FORMALISM FOR MODERATELY DENSE GASES; NEW KINETIC LAWS OF CLUSTER FORMATION IN N-BODY HAMILTONIAN SYSTEMS; PART THREE QUANTUM THEORY, MEASUREMENT, AND DECOHERENCE; QUANTUM PHENOMENA OF SINGLE ATOMS
- QUANTUM SUPERPOSITIONS AND DECOHERENCE: HOW TO DETECT INTERFERENCE OF MACROSCOPICALLY DISTINCT OPTICAL STATESQUANTUM DECOHERENCE AND THE GLAUBER DYNAMICS FROM THE STOCHASTIC LIMIT; CP VIOLATION AS ANTIEIGENVECTOR-BREAKING; PART FOUR EXTENSION OF QUANTUM THEORY AND FIELD THEORY; DYNAMICS OF CORRELATIONS. A FORMALISM FOR BOTH INTEGRABLE AND NONINTEGRABLE DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; GENERALIZED QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; AGE AND AGE FLUCTUATIONS IN AN UNSTABLE QUANTUM SYSTEM; MICROPHYSICAL IRREVERSIBILITY AND TIME ASYMMETRIC QUANTUM MECHANICS
- POSSIBLE ORIGINS OF QUANTUM FLUCTUATION GIVEN BY ALTERNATIVE QUANTIZATION RULESAUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX
- Notes:
- "A special volume of Advances in chemical physics."
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786610342709
- 9781280342707
- 1280342706
- 9780470347690
- 0470347694
- 9780471234272
- 0471234273
- 9780471619574
- 0471619574
- OCLC:
- 53800781
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