{"product_id":"quantum-dynamical-semigroups-and-applications-1987","title":"Quantum Dynamical Semigroups and Applications","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Quantum Dynamical Semigroups and Applications\" by Robert Alicki, Karl Lendi is a mathematics book and learning resource focused on Thermal Effects. Best for teachers, students, and readers looking for stronger mathematical understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this text the authors develop quantum dynamics of open systems for a wide class of irreversible processes starting from the concept of completely positive semigroups. This unified approach makes the material easily accessible to non-specialists and provides an easy access to practical applications. Written for graduate students, the book presents a wealth of useful examples; in particular, models of unstable and N-level systems are treated systematically and in considerable detail including new types of generated Bloch-equations. The general theory is extensively summarized from abstract dynamical maps to those obtained by a reduction of Hamiltonian dynamics under a Markovian approximation. Various methods of determining semigroup generators and the corresponding master equations are discussed including time-dependent and nonlinear generators. Further topics treated are a generalized H-theorem, quantum detailed balance and return to equilibrium, discrete quantum Boltzmann equation, nonlinear Schrödinger equation, spin relaxation by spin waves, entropy production and its generalization by a measure of irreversibiblity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46421829189831,"sku":"1-99-536-000368","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/9575\/6487\/files\/9783662136218.jpg?v=1776380668","url":"https:\/\/snowflakeskies.com\/products\/quantum-dynamical-semigroups-and-applications-1987","provider":"Snowflake Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}