A trajectory description of quantum processes [electronic resource] . I, Fundamentals : a Bohmian perspective / by Angel S. Sanz, Salvador Miret-Artes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanz, Angel S.

Contributor:

Miret-Artes, S. (Salavador)

Series:

Lecture notes in physics ; 850.

Lecture notes in physics, 0075-8450 ; v.850

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum theory.

Nuclear physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVII, 299 p. 15 illus., 7 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2012.

Other Title:

Fundamentals

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Trajectory-based formalisms are an intuitively appealing way of describing quantum processes because they allow the use of "classical" concepts. Beginning at an introductory level suitable for students, this two-volume monograph presents (1) the fundamentals and (2) the applications of the trajectory description of basic quantum processes. This first volume is focussed on the classical and quantum background necessary to understand the fundamentals of Bohmian mechanics, which can be considered the main topic of this work. Extensions of the formalism to the fields of open quantum systems and to optics are also proposed and discussed.

Contents:

From Trajectories to Ensembles in Classical Mechanics

Dynamics of Open Classical Systems

Elements of Quantum Mechanics

Optics and Quantum Mechanics

Dynamics of Open Quantum Systems

Quantum Mechanics with Trajectories

Trajectories in Optics

Calculus of Variations

Stochastic processes.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783642180927

3642180922