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Open Systems and Measurement in Relativistic Quantum Theory

Proceedings of the Workshop Held at the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici, Naples, April 3–4, 1998

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  • © 1999

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  1. Heinz-Peter Breuer
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  2. Francesco Petruccione
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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 526)

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Table of contents (8 papers)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. State vector reduction in relativistic quantum mechanics: An introduction

    • Heinz-Peter Breuer, Francesco Petruccione
    Pages 1-30

  3. Quantum measurements, open systems and dynamical entropy

    • Robert Alicki
    Pages 31-55

  4. EEQT — A way out of the quantum trap

    • Philippe Blanchard, Arkadiusz Jadczyk
    Pages 57-79

  5. Stochastic unraveling of relativistic quantum measurements

    • Heinz-Peter Breuer, Francesco Petruccione
    Pages 81-116

  6. Some lessons from relativistic reduction models

    • GianCarlo Ghirardi
    Pages 117-152

  7. Effective theories of coupled classical and quantum variables

    • Jonathan J. Halliwell
    Pages 153-168

  8. Are there unsolved problems in the interpretation of quantum mechanics?

    • Roland Omnès
    Pages 169-194

  9. Collapse models

    • Philip Pearle
    Pages 195-234

  10. Back Matter

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About this book

This book treats modern aspects of open systems, measurement, and decoherence in relativistic quantum theory. It starts with a comprehensive introduction to the problems related to measuring local and nonlocal observables and the constraints imposed by the causality principle. In the articles that follow, the emphasis lies on new theoretical models. Quantum dynamical semigroups and stochastic processes in Hilbert space are introduced, as are dynamical reduction models. Further topics include relativistic generalizations of the continuous spontaneous localization model and of the quantum state diffusion model and decoherence and the dynamical selection of preferred basis sets in the framework of continuous measurement theory and of the decoherent histories approach. Mathematical aspects of quantum measurement theory and dynamical entropies are also studied from the viewpoint of the operational approach to quantum mechanics.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Open Systems and Measurement in Relativistic Quantum Theory

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Workshop Held at the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici, Naples, April 3–4, 1998

  • Editors: Heinz-Peter Breuer, Francesco Petruccione

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0104396

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-65978-5Published: 21 June 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08524-6Published: 05 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-48808-8Published: 06 May 2007

  • Series ISSN: 0075-8450

  • Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 240

  • Topics: Quantum Physics, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics

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