Ensembles on Configuration Space: Classical, Quantum, and Beyond

By Michael Hall and Marcel Reginatto

Book Overview

Part I General Properties of Ensembles on Configuration Space: Introduction.- Observables, Symmetries and Constraints.- Interaction, Locality and Measurement.- Thermodynamics and Mixtures on Configuration Space.- Part II Axiomatic Approaches to Quantum Mechanics: Quantization of Classical Ensembles via an Exact Uncertainty Principle.- The Geometry of Ensembles on Configuration Space.- Local Representations of Rotations on Discrete Configuration Spaces.- Part III: Hybrid Classical-Quantum Systems.- Hybrid Quantum-Classical Ensembles.- Consistency of Hybrid Quantum-Classical Ensembles.- Part IV: Classical Gravitational Fields and Their Interaction with Quantum Fields.- Ensembles of Classical Gravitational Fields.- Coupling of Quantum Fields to Classical Gravity.- Variational Derivatives and Integrals.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319341642
• ISBN13: 9783319341644
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"