TY - BOOK AU - Alicki,Robert AU - Lendi,Karl ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Quantum Dynamical Semigroups and Applications T2 - Lecture Notes in Physics, SN - 9783540708612 PY - 2007/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg KW - Physics KW - Chemistry KW - Quantum theory KW - Quantum computing KW - Statistical physics KW - Thermodynamics KW - Statistical Physics KW - Quantum Physics KW - Theoretical and Computational Chemistry KW - Quantum Computing, Information and Physics N1 - General Theory and Applications to Unstable Particles -- N-Level Systems and Applications to Spectroscopy -- Recent Developments N2 - Reinvigorated by advances and insights, in particular from the active fields of quantum information and computing, the quantum theory of irreversible processes has recently attracted growing attention. This volume introduces the very basic concepts of semigroup dynamics of open quantum systems and reviews a variety of modern applications. The present book, originally published as Vol. 286 (1987) in Lecture in Physics, has been newly typeset, revised and corrected and also expanded to include a review on recent developments UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-70861-8 ER -