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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2004
- Book Title
- Quantum Theory as an Emergent Phenomenon: The Statistical Mech...
- ISBN
- 9780521831949
- Subject Area
- Science
- Publication Name
- Quantum Theory as an Emergent Phenomenon : The Statistical Mechanics of Matrix Models as the Precursor of Quantum Field Theory
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Item Length
- 9.6 in
- Subject
- Physics / Quantum Theory
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 20.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.7 in
- Number of Pages
- 238 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521831946
ISBN-13
9780521831949
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5989846
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
238 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Quantum Theory as an Emergent Phenomenon : The Statistical Mechanics of Matrix Models as the Precursor of Quantum Field Theory
Subject
Physics / Quantum Theory
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
20.5 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2003-064019
Reviews
"The book describes in detail a rich mathematical framework out of which a new physical description of nature can emerge. The chapters are well organized; the presentation is clear, rigorous, very attractive, and accessible to mathematical as well as theoretical physicists. It is recommended to everyone who wants to learn more about the fascinating field of the foundations of physics and the continuing efforts scientists are making to formulate a clear and coherent picture of physical phenomena." - Angelo Bassi, Universitat Munchen, "This is a bold book, a provocative text, that may help many readers to have a better understanding of the foundations of quantum theories." American Mathematical Society
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
530.12
Table Of Content
Acknowledgement; Introduction and overview; 1. Trace dynamics: the classical Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics of matrix models; 2. Additional generic conserved quantities; 3. Trace dynamics models with global supersymmetry; 4. Statistical mechanics of matrix models; 5. The emergence of quantum field dynamics; 6. Brownian motion corrections to Schrödinger dynamics; 7. Discussion and outlook; Appendices; References.
Synopsis
Quantum mechanics is our most successful physical theory. However, it raises conceptual issues that have perplexed physicists and philosophers of science for decades. This 2004 book develops an approach, based on the proposal that quantum theory is not a complete, final theory, but is in fact an emergent phenomenon arising from a deeper level of dynamics. The dynamics at this deeper level are taken to be an extension of classical dynamics to non-commuting matrix variables, with cyclic permutation inside a trace used as the basic calculational tool. With plausible assumptions, quantum theory is shown to emerge as the statistical thermodynamics of this underlying theory, with the canonical commutation/anticommutation relations derived from a generalized equipartition theorem. Brownian motion corrections to this thermodynamics are argued to lead to state vector reduction and to the probabilistic interpretation of quantum theory, making contact with phenomenological proposals for stochastic modifications to Schrödinger dynamics., Quantum mechanics is our most successful physical theory but raises conceptual issues that perplex physicists and philosophers of science. This 2004 book develops an approach, based on the proposal that quantum theory is not a complete, final theory, but in fact an emergent phenomenon arising from a deeper level of dynamics., Although it is our most successful physical theory, quantum mechanics raises conceptual issues that have perplexed physicists and philosophers of science for decades. This book develops a new approach based on the proposal that quantum theory is not a complete, final theory, but, in fact, an emergent phenomenon arising from a more profound level of dynamics.
LC Classification Number
QC174.12 .A32 2004
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