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Embedded Random Matrix Ensembles in Quantum Physics

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 884))

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Embedded random matrix ensembles, introduced in 1970 and being explored in considerable detail since 1994, have started occupying an important position in quantum physics in the study of isolated finite quantum many-particle systems. As aptly stated by Weidenmüller : “Although used with increasing frequency in many branches of Physics, random matrix ensembles sometimes are too unspecific to account for important features of the physical system at hand. One refinement which retains the basic stochastic approach but allows for such features consists in the use of embedded ensembles”. In this chapter, given is a general introduction emphasizing the importance of random matrix theory in quantum physics in general and embedded random matrix ensembles in particular. Also given is a short preview of the contents of the next fifteen chapters of the book.

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Kota, V.K.B. (2014). Introduction. In: Embedded Random Matrix Ensembles in Quantum Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 884. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04567-2_1

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