TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schieve,William C.
AU  - Horwitz,Lawrence P.
TI  - Quantum statistical mechanics
SN  - 9780521841467
U1  - 530.133 23
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Quantum statistics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Foundations of quantum statistical mechanics --
2. Elementary examples --
3. Quantum statistical master equation --
4. Quantum kinetic equations --
5. Quantum irreversibility --
6. Entropy and dissipation : the microscopic theory --
7. Global equilibrium : thermostatics and the microcanonical ensemble --
8. Bose-Einstein ideal gas condensation --
9. Scaling, renormalization, and the Ising model --
10. Relativistic covariant statistical mechanics of many particles --
11. Quantum optics and damping --
12. Entanglements --
13. Quantum measurement and irreversibility --
14. Quantum Langevin equation and quantum Brownian motion --
15. Linear response : fluctuation and dissipation theorems --
16. Time-dependent quantum Green's functions --
17. Decay scattering --
18. Quantum statistical mechanics, extended --
19. Quantum transport with tunneling and reservoir ballistic transport --
20. Black hole thermodynamics--
A: Problems--
References--
Index
N2  - Many-body theory stands at the foundation of modern quantum statistical mechanics. It is introduced here to graduate students in physics, chemistry, engineering and biology. The book provides a contemporary understanding of irreversibility, particularly in quantum systems
ER  -