Relativistic Quantum Measurement and Decoherence

Lectures of a Workshop Held at the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici Naples, April 9-10, 1999

Heinz-Peter Breuer, Francesco Petruccione (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

X, 142 Seiten

2014 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-662-14302-5 (ISBN)

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The development of a consistent picture for the processes of decoherence and quantum measurement requires a treatment which is compatible with the theory of relativity. This volume reviews some of the approaches suggested to solve or circumvent the arising difficulties. Starting from an analysis of the level of compatibility of the measurement problem with the special theory of relativity, the role of non-locality and entanglement are discussed. The subject is also addressed from the point of view of quantum optics and quantum information theory, as well as on the basis of group theoretic and algebraic methods. The emergence of decoherence in quantum electrodynamics is discussed from an open systems perspective.

Francesco Petruccione ist Professor für Theoretische Physik an der Universität von KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, Südafrika.

Special Relativity as an Open Question.- Event-Ready Entanglement.- Radiation Damping and Decoherence in Quantum Electrodynamics.- Decoherence: A Dynamical Approach to Superselection Rules?.- Quantum Histories and Their Implications.- Quantum Measurements and Non-locality.- False Loss of Coherence.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.4.2014
Reihe/Serie	Lecture Notes in Physics
Zusatzinfo	X, 142 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	248 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik
	Technik ► Maschinenbau
Schlagworte	Coherence • Decoherence • quantum electrodynamics • Quantum information • Quantum Optics
ISBN-10	3-662-14302-X / 366214302X
ISBN-13	978-3-662-14302-5 / 9783662143025
Zustand	Neuware