Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Elements of magnetism; 3. Elements of superconductivity; 4. Brownian motion; 5. Models for quantum dissipation; 6. Implementation of the propagator approach; 7. The damped harmonic oscillator; 8. Dissipative quantum tunnelling; 9. Dissipative coherent tunnelling; 10. Outlook; Appendixes; References; Index.

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Develops the basic material necessary to understand the quantum dynamics of macroscopic variables. Ideal for graduate students and researchers.

About the Author

A. O. Caldeira is a professor at the Instituto de Fisica 'Gleb Wataghin', the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. His main research interests are in condensed matter systems at low temperatures, in particular, quantum statistical dynamics of non-isolated systems and strongly correlated systems in low dimensionality.