Caldeira, Amir O.,  1950- <br/><br/>
An introduction to macroscopic quantum phenomena and quantum dissipation / 
Amir O. Caldeira, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. 
 - xiv, 283 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-278) and index. 
<br/><br/>Elements of magnetism -- Elements of superconductivity -- Brownian motion -- Models for quantum dissipation -- Implementation of the propagator approach -- The damped harmonic oscillator -- Dissipative quantum tunneling -- Dissipative coherent tunneling -- 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521113755 (hardback : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014002738 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Quantum theory.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC174.13  / .C35 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>530.12