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Dynamics of Dissipation
Contributor(s): Garbaczewski, Piotr (Editor), Olkiewicz, Robert (Editor)
ISBN: 3642079075     ISBN-13: 9783642079078
Publisher: Springer
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational
- Mathematics | Differential Equations - General
- Science | Mechanics - Thermodynamics
Dewey: 515.39
Series: Lecture Notes in Physics
Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.61 lbs) 516 pages
 
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The present volume contains expanded and substantially reworked records of invitedlecturesdeliveredduringthe38thKarpaczWinterSchoolofTheoretical Physics on Dynamical Semigroups: Dissipation, Chaos, Quanta, which took placeinLadek, Zdr oj, (Poland)intheperiod6 15February2002. Themainpurposeoftheschoolwastocreateaplatformfortheconfrontation ofviewpointsandresearchmethodologiesrepresentedbytwogroupsofexperts actually working in the very same area of theoretical physics. This situation is quite distinct in non-equilibrium statistical physics of open systems, where classicalandquantumaspectsareaddressedseparatelybymeansofverydi?erent andevenincompatibleformaltools. TheschooltopicsselectionbytheLecturersreads: dissipativedynamicsand chaoticbehaviour, modelsofenvironment systemcouplingandmodelsofth- mostats;non-equilibriumstatisticalmechanicsandfarfromequilibriumphen- ena;quantumopensystems, decoherenceandlinkstoquantumchaos;quantum andclassicalapplicationsofMarkovsemigroupsandthevalidityofMarkovian approximations. Theorganizingprincipleforthewholeendeavourwastheissueofthedyn- ics of open systems and more speci?cally thedynamics of dissipation. Since this research area is extremely broad and varied, no single book can cover all importantdevelopments. Therefore, linkswithdynamicalchaoswerechosento representasupplementaryconstraint. Theprogrammeoftheschoolandits?naloutcomeintheformofthepresent volumehasbeenshapedwiththehelpofthescienti?ccommitteecomprising: R. Alicki, Ph. Blanchard, J. R. Dorfman, G. Gallavotti, P. Gaspard, I. Guarneri, ? F. Haake, M. Kus, A. Lasota, B. Zegarlinski and K. Zyczkowski. Some of the committeememberstookchargeoflecturingtoo. Weconveyourthankstoall ofthem. Wewouldliketoexpresswordsofgratitudetomembersofthelocalorgan- ingcommittee, W. Ceg laandP. Lugiewicz, fortheirhelp. Specialthanksmust beextendedtoMrsAnnaJadczykforherhelpatvariousstagesoftheschool organizationandthecompetenteditorialassistance. Theschoolwas?nanciallysupportedbytheUniversityofWroc law, Univ- sityofZielonaG ora, PolishMinistryofEducation, PolishAcademyofSciences, FoundationfortheKarpaczWinterSchoolofTheoreticalPhysicsandthe- nationfromtheDrWilhelmHeinrichHeraeusundElseHeraeusStiftung. Wrocla wandZielonaG ora, Poland PiotrGarbaczewski June2002 RobertOlkiewicz TableofContents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ChapterI NonequilibriumDynamics SomeRecentAdvancesinClassicalStatisticalMechanics E. G. D. Cohen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 DeterministicThermostatsandFluctuationRelations L. Rondoni. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 WhatIstheMicroscopicResponseofaSystem DrivenFarFromEquilibrium? C. Jarzynski. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Non-equilibriumStatisticalMechanics ofClassicalandQuantumSystems D. Kusnezov, E. Lutz, K. Aoki. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 ChapterII DynamicsofRelaxationandChaoticBehaviour DynamicalTheoryofRelaxation inClassicalandQuantumSystems P. Gaspard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 RelaxationandNoiseinChaoticSystems S. Fishman, S. Rahav. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 FractalStructuresinthePhaseSpace ofSimpleChaoticSystemswithTransport J. R. Dorfman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 ChapterIII DynamicalSemigroups MarkovSemigroupsandTheirApplications R. Rudnicki, K. Pichor, M. Tyran-Kaminska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 VIII TableofContents InvitationtoQuantumDynamicalSemigroups R. Alicki. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 FiniteDissipativeQuantumSystems M. Fannes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 CompletePositivityinDissipativeQuantumDynamics F. Benatti, R. Floreanini, R. Romano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 QuantumStochasticDynamicalSemigroup W. A. Majewski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 ChapterIV Driving, DissipationandControlinQuantumSystems DrivenChaoticMesoscopicSystems, DissipationandDecoherence D. Cohen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 QuantumStateControlinCavityQED T. WellensandA. Buchleitner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 SolvingSchr]odinger sEquationforanOpenSystem andItsEnvironment W. T. Strunz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 ChapterV DynamicsofLargeSystems ThermodynamicBehaviorofLargeDynamicalSystems Quantum1dConductorandClassicalMultibakerMap S. Tasaki. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 CoherentandDissipativeTransport inAperiodicSolids: AnOverview J. Bellissard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."