Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Elements of magnetism
- 3 Elements of superconductivity
- 4 Brownian motion
- 5 Models for quantum dissipation
- 6 Implementation of the propagator approach
- 7 The damped harmonic oscillator
- 8 Dissipative quantum tunneling
- 9 Dissipative coherent tunneling
- 10 Outlook
- Appendix A Path integrals, the quantum mechanical propagator, and density operators
- Appendix B The Markovian master equation
- Appendix C Coherent-state representation
- Appendix D Euclidean methods
- References
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Elements of magnetism
- 3 Elements of superconductivity
- 4 Brownian motion
- 5 Models for quantum dissipation
- 6 Implementation of the propagator approach
- 7 The damped harmonic oscillator
- 8 Dissipative quantum tunneling
- 9 Dissipative coherent tunneling
- 10 Outlook
- Appendix A Path integrals, the quantum mechanical propagator, and density operators
- Appendix B The Markovian master equation
- Appendix C Coherent-state representation
- Appendix D Euclidean methods
- References
- Index
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014