Decoherence and Entropy in Complex Systems

1. Front Matter

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2. An Overview

   • Hans-Thomas Elze

   Pages 3-5

3. Introduction: The Relevance of Gravity for DICE

   • Claus Kiefer

   Pages 9-14

4. Dynamics of Pure Shape, Relativity, and the Problem of Time

   • Julian Barbour

   Pages 15-35

5. Dynamics without Time for Quantum Gravity: Covariant Hamiltonian Formalism and Hamilton-Jacobi Equation on the Space G

   • Carlo Rovelli

   Pages 36-62

6. Some Recent Developments in the Decoherent Histories Approach to Quantum Theory

   • Jonathan Halliwell

   Pages 63-83

7. Is There an Information-Loss Problem for Black Holes?

   • Claus Kiefer

   Pages 84-95

8. Threshold Effects and Lorentz Symmetry

   • Orfeu Bertolami

   Pages 96-102

9. Towards a Statistical Geometrodynamics

   • Ariel Caticha

   Pages 103-116

10. Introduction: Quantum Theory and Beneath?

    • Hans-Thomas Elze

    Pages 119-124

11. Probability of Intrinsic Time-Arrow from Information Loss

    • Lajos Diósi

    Pages 125-135

12. Master and Langevin Equations for Interaction with Electromagnetic and Gravitational Environments

    • Zbigniew Haba, Hagen Kleinert

    Pages 136-150

13. Dissipation, Emergent Quantization, and Quantum Fluctuations

    • Massimo Blasone, Petr Jizba, Giuseppe Vitiello

    Pages 151-163

14. Chaotic Quantization: Maybe the Lord Plays Dice, After All?

    • Tamas S. Biró, Berndt Müller, Sergei G. Matinyan

    Pages 164-179

15. Quantum Correlations in Classical Statistics

    • Christof Wetterich

    Pages 180-195

16. Quantum Mechanics and Discrete Time from “Timeless” Classical Dynamics

    • Hans-Thomas Elze

    Pages 196-220

17. Introduction: Experimental and Theoretical Status of Decoherence

    • Maria Carolina Nemes

    Pages 223-238

18. Decoherence and Quantum Trajectories

    • Todd A. Brun

    Pages 239-252

19. Decoherence in Discrete Quantum Walks

    • Viv Kendon, Ben Tregenna

    Pages 253-267

20. Decoherence and Quantum-State Measurement in Quantum Optics

    • Luiz Davidovich

    Pages 268-286

The contributions to this volume are based on selected lectures from the first international workshop on decoherence, information, complexity and entropy (DICE). The aim of this volume is to reflect the growing importance ot common concepts behind seemingly different fields such as quantum mechanics, general relativity and statistical physics in a form accessible to nonspecialist researchers. Many presentations include original results which are published here for the first time.

• Cosmology
• complex systems
• complexity
• decoherence
• entropy
• mechanics
• open systems
• physics
• quantum information
• quantum mechanics

"This book contains many fascinating thoughts on the junction of quantum mechanics, general relativity and statistical mechanics. The advantage one hopes from an interdisciplinary workshop is a pedagogical introduction. Since many of the contributors are not familiar with each others' work, they attempt to write in such a way that everyone can understand. I felt most of the authors adhered to this philosophy. It is also nice to see an index in a book of this type." (Contemporary Physics 2005, 46, page 145-146)

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