Theoretical Foundations of Quantum Information Processing and Communication Selected Topics /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Br<U+00fc>ning, Erwin. (Editor), Petruccione, Francesco. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 787
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematics.; Quantum theory.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Optics.; Information and Communication, Circuits.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02871-7

Based on eight extensive lectures selected from those given at the renowned Chris Engelbrecht Summer School in Theoretical Physics in South Africa, this text on the theoretical foundations of quantum information processing and communication covers an array of topics, including quantum probabilities,...

Table of Contents:

• An Introduction to Quantum Probability
• Covariant Mappings for the Description of Measurement, Dissipation and Decoherence in Quantum Mechanics
• Quantum Open Systems With Time-Dependent Control
• Five Lectures on Quantum Information
• Applications of Complex Many-Body Systems
• Non-Markovian Quantum Dynamics and the Method of Correlated Projection Super-Operators
• Testing Quantum Mechanics in High-Energy Physics
• Five Lectures on Optical Quantum Computing
• Quantum Information and Relativity: An Introduction.