Overview
- Addresses the knotty problem of the quantum-classical divide
- Adopts two approaches for describing classical systems in the framework of quantum mechanics
- Presents solvable models of the "quantum measurement" process
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This book investigates two possibilities for describing classical-mechanical physical systems along with their Hamiltonian dynamics in the framework of quantum mechanics.The first possibility consists in exploiting the geometrical properties of the set of quantum pure states of "microsystems" and of the Lie groups characterizing the specific classical system. The second approach is to consider quantal systems of a large number of interacting subsystems – i.e. macrosystems, so as to study the quantum mechanics of an infinite number of degrees of freedom and to look for the behaviour of their collective variables. The final chapter contains some solvable models of “quantum measurement" describing dynamical transitions from "microsystems" to "macrosystems".
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Book Title: Classical Systems in Quantum Mechanics
Authors: Pavel Bóna
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45070-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45069-4Published: 24 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45072-4Published: 24 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-45070-0Published: 23 June 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 234
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Quantum Physics, Classical Mechanics, Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences