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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 734)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The treatment of time in quantum mechanics is still an important and challenging open question in the foundation of the quantum theory. This book describes the problems, and the attempts and achievements in defining, formalizing and measuring different time quantities in quantum theory, such as the parametric (clock) time, tunneling times, decay times, dwell times, delay times, arrival times or jump times. This multi-authored book, written as an introductory guide for newcomers to the subject, as well as a useful source of information for the expert, covers many of the open questions. After the brief historical overview in the introduction, 12 contributions are devoted to conceptual and theoretical investigations as well as experimental issues in quantum-mechanical time measurements. This novel monograph should attract physicists as well as philosophers of science working in the foundations of quantum physics. For this revised second edition, all chapters have been updated and extended where appropriate.
From the reviews of the first edition:
"Beginning with a clear introduction to the perplexing issue of the nature of time in quantum mechanics, the reader then undertakes a stimulating excursion through a sequence of chapters written by leading researchers. Theory and experiment are nicely balanced, and extensive lists of references accompany each chapter. […] Furthermore, the book is enlightening from a sociological perspective to see how 'sides' of these controversies developed and later reconciled as unified approaches […]." The Physicist, 39/5 (2002)
Editors and Affiliations
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Departamento de Química-Física Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
J.G. Muga
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Departamento de Física Fundamental II, Universidad de La Laguna, 38203 La Laguna (S/C de Tenerife), Spain
R. Sala Mayato
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Física Teorikoaren Salla Zientzia eta Teknologia, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, 644 PK, Spain
Í.L. Egusquiza
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Time in Quantum Mechanics
Editors: J.G. Muga, R. Sala Mayato, Í.L. Egusquiza
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73473-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-73472-7Published: 07 December 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09256-5Published: 11 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-73473-4Published: 30 November 2007
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIV, 455
Additional Information: Originally published as volume m 72 in the series: Lecture Notes in Physics
Topics: Quantum Physics, Measurement Science and Instrumentation