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It has been recognised recently that the strange features of the quantum world could be used for new information transmission or processing functions such as quantum cryptography or, more ambitiously, quantum computing. These fascinating perspectives renewed the interest in fundamental quantum properties and lead to important theoretical advances, such as quantum algorithms and quantum error correction codes. On the experimental side, remarkable advances have been achieved in quantum optics, solid state physics or nuclear magnetic resonance. This book presents the lecture notes of the Les Houc

Mesoscopic phenomena (Physics) --Congresses. Quantum theory --Data processing --Congresses. Quantum optics --Congresses. --- Quantum theory. --- Quantum entanglement --- Mesoscopic phenomena (Physics) --- Quantum theory --- Quantum optics --- Light & Optics --- Atomic Physics --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Data processing --- Quantum dynamics --- Quantum mechanics --- Quantum physics --- Mechanics --- Thermodynamics

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The Poincaré Seminar is held twice a year at the Institute Henri Poincaré in Paris. The goal of this seminar is to provide up-to-date information about general topics of great interest in physics. Both the theoretical and experimental results are covered, with some historical background. Particular care is devoted to the pedagogical nature of the presentation. This volume is devoted to Quantum Decoherence. A broad perspective on the subject is provided by the contributions of W. H. Zurek, H. D. Zeh and E. Joos, together with clean up-to-date presentations of the actual experiments on decoherence both in the mesoscopic systems of atomic physics, by J.M. Raimond and S. Haroche, and in the "quantronic" or condensed matter context, by D. Esteve et al. Further, the question of quantum codes and error corrections is discussed in the contribution of J. Kempe. .

Coherence (Nuclear physics) --- Quantum theory --- Collisions (Nuclear physics) --- Scattering (Physics) --- Quantum theory. --- Mathematics. --- Mathematical physics. --- Coding theory. --- Quantum Physics. --- Applications of Mathematics. --- Mathematical Methods in Physics. --- Coding and Information Theory. --- Data compression (Telecommunication) --- Digital electronics --- Information theory --- Machine theory --- Signal theory (Telecommunication) --- Computer programming --- Physical mathematics --- Physics --- Math --- Science --- Quantum dynamics --- Quantum mechanics --- Quantum physics --- Mechanics --- Thermodynamics --- Mathematics --- Quantum physics. --- Applied mathematics. --- Engineering mathematics. --- Physics. --- Information theory. --- Communication theory --- Communication --- Cybernetics --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Engineering --- Engineering analysis --- Mathematical analysis

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The first part of this book gives a detailed, self-contained and mathematically rigorous exposition of classical conformal symmetry in n dimensions and its quantization in two dimensions. In particular, the conformal groups are determined and the appearance of the Virasoro algebra in the context of the quantization of two-dimensional conformal symmetry is explained via the classification of central extensions of Lie algebras and groups. The second part surveys some more advanced topics of conformal field theory, such as the representation theory of the Virasoro algebra, conformal symmetry within string theory, an axiomatic approach to Euclidean conformally covariant quantum field theory and a mathematical interpretation of the Verlinde formula in the context of moduli spaces of holomorphic vector bundles on a Riemann surface. The substantially revised and enlarged second edition makes in particular the second part of the book more self-contained and tutorial, with many more examples given. Furthermore, two new chapters on Wightman's axioms for quantum field theory and vertex algebras broaden the survey of advanced topics. An outlook making the connection with most recent developments has also been added.

Algebra --- Differential geometry. Global analysis --- Mathematical physics --- Elementary particles --- Physics --- algebra --- elementaire deeltjes --- differentiaal geometrie --- kwantumleer --- wiskunde --- fysica

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Hard spheres and related objects (hard disks and mixtures of hard systems) are paradigmatic systems: indeed, they have served as a basis for the theoretical and numerical development of a number of fields, such as general liquids and fluids, amorphous solids, liquid crystals, colloids and granular matter, to name but a few. The present volume introduces and reviews some important basics and progress in the study of such systems. Their structure, thermodynamic properties, equations of state, as well as kinetic and transport properties are considered from different and complementary points of view. This book addresses graduate students, lecturers as well as researchers in statistical mechanics, physics of liquids, physical chemistry and chemical engineering.

Classical mechanics. Field theory --- Fluid mechanics --- Statistical physics --- Thermodynamics --- Physicochemistry --- Engineering sciences. Technology --- thermodynamica --- materie (fysica) --- toegepaste mechanica --- BIT (biochemische ingenieurstechnieken) --- statistiek --- ingenieurswetenschappen --- fysica --- mechanica --- fysicochemie --- vloeistoffen

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This volume contains the lecture notes of the Third JETSET School on Jets from Young Stars focussing on Numerical MHD and Instabilities. The introductory lectures presented here cover the basic concepts of the numerical methods for the integration of hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic equations and of the applications of these methods to the treatment of the instabilities relevant for the physics of stellar jets. The first part of the book contains an introduction to the finite difference and finite volume methods for computing the solutions of hyperbolic partial differential equations and a discussion of approximate Riemann solvers for both hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic problems. The second part is devoted to the discussion of some of the main instability processes that may take place in stellar jets, namely: the Kelvin-Helmholtz, the radiative shock, the pressure driven and the thermal instabilities. Graduate students and young scientists will benefit from this book by learning how to use the fundamental tools used in computational astrophysical jet research.

Numerical analysis --- Astrophysics --- Computer. Automation --- astrofysica --- algoritmen --- numerieke analyse