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Complexity from Microscopic to Macroscopic Scales: Coherence and Large Deviations

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. A. T. Skjeltorp

    1. Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, Norway
      Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway

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  2. T. Vicsek

    1. Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (NAII, volume 63)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Physics of Computation: From Classical to Quantum

    • Harry Thomas
    Pages 1-20

  3. Irreversibility and Dephasing from Vacuum Fluctuations

    • Markus Büttiker
    Pages 21-47

  4. Of Decoherent Electrons and Disordered Conductors

    • P. Mohanty
    Pages 49-81

  5. Spintronics and Quantum Dots for Quantum Computing and Quantum Communication

    • Guido Burkard, Hans-Andreas Engel, Daniel Loss
    Pages 83-104

  6. Spin – Polarized Electronics Using Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors

    • C. Gould, G. Schmidt, G. Richter, R. Fiederling, P. Grabs, L. W. Molenkamp
    Pages 105-114

  7. The evolution of evolutionary engines

    • Marcelo O. Magnasco
    Pages 115-129

  8. Computational Complexity in Physics

    • Cristopher Moore
    Pages 131-135

  9. When Topology Meets Dynamics: Braids of Particle Motion and Chirality

    • A. T. Skjeltorp
    Pages 137-149

  10. Turbulence and Financial Market Data Analyzed with Respect to Their Scale Dependent Complexity

    • J. Peinke, Ch. Renner, R. Friedrich
    Pages 151-169

  11. Collective Behaviour of People

    • T. Vicsek
    Pages 171-180

  12. Where is Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand?

    • Joseph L. McCauley
    Pages 181-214

  13. Cellular Model of Superconducting Vortex Dynamics

    • Kevin E. Bassler, Maya Paczuski
    Pages 215-227

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 229-230
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Many mesoscopic systems display `adaptive' behaviour - changes in some physical property that results from a small change in an internal or external driving force. There is a kind of progression in adaptive phenomena, from quantum mesoscopics to complex, evolved cooperative systems and large scale events like turbulence. The field of mesoscopic magnetism, especially quantum coherence and quantum tunnelling in spin systems, and the coupling between mesoscopic magnetism and mesoscopic transport is currently a very active area of solid state physics. `Dephasing' is an important concept in mesoscopic systems like these. A basic question is the limit at which quantum mechanics breaks down and what it can be replaced with. Another interesting crossover is that between complexity and large excursions or events, with turbulence as a prototype example. The book also contains a discussion of finance. Qualitatively speaking, turbulence and financial markets are apparently similar, so our understanding of turbulence may be relevant to understanding price fluctuations.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, Norway

    A. T. Skjeltorp

  • Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway

    A. T. Skjeltorp

  • Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary

    T. Vicsek

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