Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)

This volume presents a selection of current developments in quantum chromodynamics, with some emphasis on the borderline between the perturbative and the nonperturbative regime.

The quark confinement mechanism is one of the most difficult problems in particle physics, and is listed as the 7 difficult mathematical problems of the new millennium.

This volume summarizes our contemporary understanding of the deconfinement transition in QCD at finite temperature and chemical potential.

This volume contains the contributions of 47 leading researchers in high energy physics, both theorists and experimentalists, from all over the world.

The foundations of quantum mechanics has acquired tremendous importance in recent years for three reasons: First, a large number of experiments have tested concepts which previously were purely theoretical.

This is the first detailed account of a new approach to microphysics based on two leading ideas: (i) the explicit dependence of physical laws on scale encountered in quantum physics, is the manifestation of a fundamental principle of nature, scale relativity.

Information about the reality outside flow via our sense organs into the body, and the brain forms a picture of reality.

Quantum stochastic calculus has become an indispensable tool in modern quantum physics, its effectiveness being illustrated by recent developments in quantum control which place the calculus at the heart of the theory.

This book incorporates 3 modern aspects of mathematical physics: the jet methods in differential geometry, Lagrangian formalism on jet manifolds and the multimomentum approach to Hamiltonian formalism.

In this revised and expanded edition, in addition to a comprehensible introduction to the theoretical foundations of quantum tunneling based on different methods of formulating and solving tunneling problems, different semiclassical approximations for multidimensional systems are presented.

The authors examine several topical subjects, commencing with a general introduction to path integrals in quantum mechanics and the group theoretical backgrounds for path integrals.

This book presents a new approach to quantum mechanical tunnelling and its applications to various fields of physics.

The advent of new experimental techniques has made possible a new generation of more precise experimental tests of fundamental quantum mechanics.

The interpretation of quantum mechanics in this book is distinguished from other existing interpretations in that it is systematically derived from empirical facts by means of logical considerations as well as methods in the spirit of analytical philosophy, in particular operational semantics.

Quantum Probability and Related Topics is a series of volumes based on materials discussed in the various QP conferences.

Quantum Probability and Related Topics is a series of volumes based on material discussed at the various QP conferences.

This book provides a readable account of the foundations of QFT, in particular of the Euclidean formulation with emphasis on the interplay between physical requirements and mathematical structures.

This book presents a new approach to analyze quantum mechanical tunnelling of particles across potential barriers.

This volume covers the most up-to-date findings on string field theory.

The monograph summarizes recent achievements in the calculation of matrix elements of local operators (form factors) for completely integrable models.

These lecture notes deal with the problem of collective coordinates in many-body systems, which are treated as gauge systems in (0+1) dimensions.

This book is an introduction to the role of topology in the quantization of classical systems.

This book covers the theory and applications of the Wigner phase space distribution function and its symmetry properties.

This book contains an edited comprehensive collection of reprints on the subject of the large N limit as applied to a wide spectrum of problems in quantum field theory and statistical mechanics.

This book is concerned with the practical aspects of solving angular momentum problems.

Compiled to illustrate the recent history of Quantum Field Theory and its trends, this collection of selected reprints by Jurg Frohlich, a leading theoretician in the field, is a comprehensive guide of the more mathematical aspects of the subject.

This book is a survey of methods used in the study of two-dimensional models in quantum field theory as well as applications of these theories in physics.

The interest in membranes and higher dimensional extended geometrical objects was inspired by the great successes of the string and superstring, first in 1968-73 as a theory of hadrons and then since 1984 as a "e;theory of everything"e; - a unified theory of all interactions, including quantum gravity.

This volume contains several surveys of important developments in quantum probability.

This review volume takes an indepth look at the current research done in this important area of solid state science.

This book presents in a short volume the basics of quantum field theory and many body physics.

This is a set of lecture notes given by the author at the Universities of Gottingen and Wroclaw.

Dimensional and order-of-magnitude estimates are practiced by almost everybody but taught almost nowhere.

Few people studying Gauge Field Theory need to be convinced of the importance of the work of 't Hooft.

This book is intended as a tutorial approach to some of the techniques used to deal with quantum dissipation and irreversibility, with special focus on their applications to the theory of measurements.

New Edition: Field Theory (3rd Edition)Traditionally, field theory is taught through canonical quantization with a heavy emphasis on high energy physics.

The main theme of the book is the intimate connection between the two families of exactly solvable models: the inverse-square exchange (ISE) and the nearest-neighbor exchange (NNE) models.

Quantum groups are a generalization of the classical Lie groups and Lie algebras and provide a natural extension of the concept of symmetry fundamental to physics.

This book presents the basic structure of quantum mechanics, the elements needed to properly understand the subject and its applications.

In this second edition, the following recent papers have been added: "e;Gauss Codes, Quantum Groups and Ribbon Hopf Algebras"e;, "e;Spin Networks, Topology and Discrete Physics"e;, "e;Link Polynomials and a Graphical Calculus"e; and "e;Knots Tangles and Electrical Networks"e;.

This volume contains contributions by friends, colleagues and associates of John R Klauder on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

In this volume, topics are drawn from field theory, especially gauge field theory, as applied to particle, condensed matter and gravitational physics, and concern a variety of interesting subjects.

Geometrical notions and methods play an important role in both classical and quantum field theory, and a connection is a deep structure which apparently underlies the gauge-theoretical models in field theory and mechanics.

In the framework of the geometric formulation of field theory, classical fields are represented by sections of fibred manifolds, and their dynamics is phrased in jet manifold terms.

Quantum Probability and Related Topics is a series of volumes whose goal is to provide a picture of the state of the art in this rapidly growing field where classical probability, quantum physics and functional analysis merge together in an original synthesis which, for 20 years, has been enriching these three areas with new ideas, techniques and results.

This monograph explains and analyzes the principles of a quantum-geometric framework for the unification of general relativity and quantum theory.