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Mesoscopic physics deals with systems larger than single atoms but small enough to retain their quantum properties. The possibility to create and manipulate conductors of the nanometer scale has given birth to a set of phenomena that have revolutionized physics: quantum Hall effects, persistent currents, weak localization, Coulomb blockade, etc. This Special Issue tackles the latest developments in the field. Contributors discuss time-dependent transport, quantum pumping, nanoscale heat engines and motors, molecular junctions, electron–electron correlations in confined systems, quantum thermo-electrics and current fluctuations. The works included herein represent an up-to-date account of exciting research with a broad impact in both fundamental and applied topics.

Technology: general issues --- quantum transport --- quantum interference --- shot noise --- persistent current --- mesoscale and nanoscale physics --- Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology --- electron quantum optics --- photo-assisted noise --- charge and heat fluctuations --- time-dependent transport --- electron–photon coupling --- open quantum systems --- phonon transport --- nanostructured materials --- green’s functions --- density-functional tight binding --- Landauer approach, time-dependent transport --- graphene nanoribbons --- nonequilibrium Green’s function --- electronic transport --- thermal transport --- strongly correlated systems --- Landauer-Büttiker formalism --- Boltzmann transport equation --- time-dependent density functional theory --- electron–phonon coupling --- molecular junctions --- thermoelectric properties --- electron–vibration interactions --- electron–electron interactions --- thermoelectricity --- heat engines --- mesoscopic physics --- fluctuations --- thermodynamic uncertainty relations --- quantum thermodynamics --- steady-state dynamics --- nonlinear transport --- adiabatic quantum motors --- adiabatic quantum pumps --- quantum heat engines --- quantum refrigerators --- transport through quantum dots --- spin pump --- spin-orbit interaction --- quantum adiabatic pump --- interferometer --- geometric phase --- nonadiabaticity --- quantum heat pumping --- spin pumping --- relaxation --- time evolution --- quantum information --- entropy production --- Renyi entropy --- superconducting proximity effect --- Kondo effect --- spin polarization --- Anreev reflection --- conditional states --- conditional wavefunction --- Markovian and Non-Markovian dynamics --- stochastic Schrödinger equation --- quantum electron transport --- quantum dots --- fluctuation–dissipation theorem --- Onsager relations --- dynamics of strongly correlated quantum systems --- quantum capacitor --- local fermi liquids --- kondo effect --- coulomb blockade --- mesoscopic systems --- nanophysics --- quantum noise --- quantum pumping --- thermoelectrics --- heat transport --- quantum transport --- quantum interference --- shot noise --- persistent current --- mesoscale and nanoscale physics --- Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology --- electron quantum optics --- photo-assisted noise --- charge and heat fluctuations --- time-dependent transport --- electron–photon coupling --- open quantum systems --- phonon transport --- nanostructured materials --- green’s functions --- density-functional tight binding --- Landauer approach, time-dependent transport --- graphene nanoribbons --- nonequilibrium Green’s function --- electronic transport --- thermal transport --- strongly correlated systems --- Landauer-Büttiker formalism --- Boltzmann transport equation --- time-dependent density functional theory --- electron–phonon coupling --- molecular junctions --- thermoelectric properties --- electron–vibration interactions --- electron–electron interactions --- thermoelectricity --- heat engines --- mesoscopic physics --- fluctuations --- thermodynamic uncertainty relations --- quantum thermodynamics --- steady-state dynamics --- nonlinear transport --- adiabatic quantum motors --- adiabatic quantum pumps --- quantum heat engines --- quantum refrigerators --- transport through quantum dots --- spin pump --- spin-orbit interaction --- quantum adiabatic pump --- interferometer --- geometric phase --- nonadiabaticity --- quantum heat pumping --- spin pumping --- relaxation --- time evolution --- quantum information --- entropy production --- Renyi entropy --- superconducting proximity effect --- Kondo effect --- spin polarization --- Anreev reflection --- conditional states --- conditional wavefunction --- Markovian and Non-Markovian dynamics --- stochastic Schrödinger equation --- quantum electron transport --- quantum dots --- fluctuation–dissipation theorem --- Onsager relations --- dynamics of strongly correlated quantum systems --- quantum capacitor --- local fermi liquids --- kondo effect --- coulomb blockade --- mesoscopic systems --- nanophysics --- quantum noise --- quantum pumping --- thermoelectrics --- heat transport

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This book places thermodynamics on a system-theoretic foundation so as to harmonize it with classical mechanics. Using the highest standards of exposition and rigor, the authors develop a novel formulation of thermodynamics that can be viewed as a moderate-sized system theory as compared to statistical thermodynamics. This middle-ground theory involves deterministic large-scale dynamical system models that bridge the gap between classical and statistical thermodynamics. The authors' theory is motivated by the fact that a discipline as cardinal as thermodynamics--entrusted with some of the most perplexing secrets of our universe--demands far more than physical mathematics as its underpinning. Even though many great physicists, such as Archimedes, Newton, and Lagrange, have humbled us with their mathematically seamless eurekas over the centuries, this book suggests that a great many physicists and engineers who have developed the theory of thermodynamics seem to have forgotten that mathematics, when used rigorously, is the irrefutable pathway to truth. This book uses system theoretic ideas to bring coherence, clarity, and precision to an extremely important and poorly understood classical area of science.

Thermodynamics --- Differentiable dynamical systems. --- Differential dynamical systems --- Dynamical systems, Differentiable --- Dynamics, Differentiable --- Differential equations --- Global analysis (Mathematics) --- Topological dynamics --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Dynamics --- Mechanics --- Physics --- Heat --- Heat-engines --- Quantum theory --- Mathematics. --- Addition. --- Adiabatic process. --- Applied mathematics. --- Arthur Eddington. --- Asymmetry. --- Available energy (particle collision). --- Axiom. --- Balance equation. --- Banach space. --- Boltzmann's entropy formula. --- Brillouin scattering. --- Carnot cycle. --- Classical mechanics. --- Clausius (crater). --- Compact space. --- Conservation law. --- Conservation of energy. --- Constant of integration. --- Continuous function (set theory). --- Continuous function. --- Control theory. --- Deformation (mechanics). --- Derivative. --- Diathermal wall. --- Diffeomorphism. --- Differentiable function. --- Diffusion process. --- Dimension (vector space). --- Dimension. --- Dissipation. --- Dot product. --- Dynamical system. --- Emergence. --- Energy density. --- Energy level. --- Energy storage. --- Energy. --- Entropy. --- Equation. --- Equations of motion. --- Equilibrium point. --- Equilibrium thermodynamics. --- Equipartition theorem. --- Existential quantification. --- First law of thermodynamics. --- Hamiltonian mechanics. --- Heat capacity. --- Heat death of the universe. --- Heat flux. --- Heat transfer. --- Homeomorphism. --- Hydrogen atom. --- Ideal gas. --- Inequality (mathematics). --- Infimum and supremum. --- Infinitesimal. --- Initial condition. --- Instant. --- Internal energy. --- Irreversible process. --- Isolated system. --- Kinetic theory of gases. --- Laws of thermodynamics. --- Linear dynamical system. --- Lipschitz continuity. --- Local boundedness. --- Lyapunov function. --- Lyapunov stability. --- Mathematical optimization. --- Molecule. --- Non-equilibrium thermodynamics. --- Operator norm. --- Probability. --- Quantity. --- Reversible process (thermodynamics). --- Second law of thermodynamics. --- Semi-infinite. --- Smoothness. --- State variable. --- State-space representation. --- Statistical mechanics. --- Steady state. --- Summation. --- Supply (economics). --- Systems theory. --- Temperature. --- Theorem. --- Theoretical physics. --- Theory. --- Thermal conduction. --- Thermal equilibrium. --- Thermodynamic equilibrium. --- Thermodynamic process. --- Thermodynamic state. --- Thermodynamic system. --- Thermodynamic temperature. --- Thermodynamics. --- Time evolution. --- Zeroth law of thermodynamics.

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Mesoscopic physics deals with systems larger than single atoms but small enough to retain their quantum properties. The possibility to create and manipulate conductors of the nanometer scale has given birth to a set of phenomena that have revolutionized physics: quantum Hall effects, persistent currents, weak localization, Coulomb blockade, etc. This Special Issue tackles the latest developments in the field. Contributors discuss time-dependent transport, quantum pumping, nanoscale heat engines and motors, molecular junctions, electron–electron correlations in confined systems, quantum thermo-electrics and current fluctuations. The works included herein represent an up-to-date account of exciting research with a broad impact in both fundamental and applied topics.

Technology: general issues --- quantum transport --- quantum interference --- shot noise --- persistent current --- mesoscale and nanoscale physics --- Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology --- electron quantum optics --- photo-assisted noise --- charge and heat fluctuations --- time-dependent transport --- electron–photon coupling --- open quantum systems --- phonon transport --- nanostructured materials --- green’s functions --- density-functional tight binding --- Landauer approach, time-dependent transport --- graphene nanoribbons --- nonequilibrium Green’s function --- electronic transport --- thermal transport --- strongly correlated systems --- Landauer-Büttiker formalism --- Boltzmann transport equation --- time-dependent density functional theory --- electron–phonon coupling --- molecular junctions --- thermoelectric properties --- electron–vibration interactions --- electron–electron interactions --- thermoelectricity --- heat engines --- mesoscopic physics --- fluctuations --- thermodynamic uncertainty relations --- quantum thermodynamics --- steady-state dynamics --- nonlinear transport --- adiabatic quantum motors --- adiabatic quantum pumps --- quantum heat engines --- quantum refrigerators --- transport through quantum dots --- spin pump --- spin-orbit interaction --- quantum adiabatic pump --- interferometer --- geometric phase --- nonadiabaticity --- quantum heat pumping --- spin pumping --- relaxation --- time evolution --- quantum information --- entropy production --- Renyi entropy --- superconducting proximity effect --- Kondo effect --- spin polarization --- Anreev reflection --- conditional states --- conditional wavefunction --- Markovian and Non-Markovian dynamics --- stochastic Schrödinger equation --- quantum electron transport --- quantum dots --- fluctuation–dissipation theorem --- Onsager relations --- dynamics of strongly correlated quantum systems --- quantum capacitor --- local fermi liquids --- kondo effect --- coulomb blockade --- mesoscopic systems --- nanophysics --- quantum noise --- quantum pumping --- thermoelectrics --- heat transport

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Emergent quantum mechanics explores the possibility of an ontology for quantum mechanics. The resurgence of interest in ""deeper-level"" theories for quantum phenomena challenges the standard, textbook interpretation. The book presents expert views that critically evaluate the significance—for 21st century physics—of ontological quantum mechanics, an approach that David Bohm helped pioneer. The possibility of a deterministic quantum theory was first introduced with the original de Broglie-Bohm theory, which has also been developed as Bohmian mechanics. The wide range of perspectives that were contributed to this book on the occasion of David Bohm’s centennial celebration provide ample evidence for the physical consistency of ontological quantum mechanics. The book addresses deeper-level questions such as the following: Is reality intrinsically random or fundamentally interconnected? Is the universe local or nonlocal? Might a radically new conception of reality include a form of quantum causality or quantum ontology? What is the role of the experimenter agent? As the book demonstrates, the advancement of ‘quantum ontology’—as a scientific concept—marks a clear break with classical reality. The search for quantum reality entails unconventional causal structures and non-classical ontology, which can be fully consistent with the known record of quantum observations in the laboratory.

non-locality --- ultraviolet divergence --- constraints --- Kilmister equation --- bohmian mechanics --- epistemic agent --- Bohmian mechanics --- relational space --- Feynman paths --- Langevin equation --- quantum causality --- emergent quantum gravity --- quantum ontology --- interpretations --- emergent quantum state --- undecidable dynamics --- molecule interference --- emergent quantum mechanics --- no-hidden-variables theorems --- mind–body problem --- physical ontology --- quantum foundations --- matter-wave optics --- conscious agent --- diffusion constant --- Bell theorem --- Burgers equation --- objective non-signaling constraint --- self-referential dynamics --- Bell inequality --- interpretation --- photochemistry --- Born rule statistics --- sub-quantum dynamics --- dynamical chaos --- weak measurement --- p-adic metric --- Levi-Civita connection --- David Bohm --- H-theorem --- the causal arrow of time --- strong coupling --- vortical dynamics --- fundamental irreversibility --- magnetic deflectometry --- quantum thermodynamics --- de Broglie–Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics --- wavefunction nodes --- stochastic quantum dynamics --- entropic gravity --- metrology --- Schrödinger equation --- gauge freedom --- Monte Carlo simulations --- micro-constituents --- nonequilibrium thermodynamics --- Bell’s theorem --- emergent space-time --- spin --- quantum field theory --- time-symmetry --- Gaussian-like solutions --- Hamiltonian --- number theory --- fractional velocity --- ergodicity --- fractal geometry --- atomic metastable states --- operator thermodynamic functions --- Canonical Presentation --- Retrocausation --- interpretations of quantum mechanics --- Bohm theory --- quantum mechanics --- zero-point field --- conspiracy --- pilot wave --- quantum holism --- toy-models --- curvature tensor --- Aharonov–Bohm effect --- computational irreducibility --- Stochastic Electrodynamics --- diffraction --- retrocausality --- resonances in quantum systems --- stochastic differential equations --- Bianchi identity --- past of the photon --- commutator --- relational interpretation of quantum mechanics --- free will --- nomology --- trajectories --- primitive ontology --- Mach–Zehnder interferometer --- weak values --- singular limit --- interior-boundary condition --- Poincaré recurrence --- quantum inaccessibility --- symplectic camel --- surrealistic trajectories --- observables --- Stern-Gerlach --- decoherence --- quantum non-equilibrium --- generalized Lagrangian paths --- superdeterminism --- black hole thermodynamics --- nonlocality --- measurement problem --- entropy and time evolution --- bouncing oil droplets --- spontaneous state reduction --- quantum theory --- many interacting worlds --- complex entropy. --- Turing incomputability --- iterant --- space-time fluctuations --- quantum potential --- ontological quantum mechanics --- photon trajectory --- Dove prism --- the Friedrichs model --- contextuality --- discrete calculus --- transition probability amplitude --- gravity --- pilot-wave theory --- matter-waves --- de Broglie-Bohm theory --- covariant quantum gravity --- atom-surface scattering --- de Broglie–Bohm theory --- non-locality --- ultraviolet divergence --- constraints --- Kilmister equation --- bohmian mechanics --- epistemic agent --- Bohmian mechanics --- relational space --- Feynman paths --- Langevin equation --- quantum causality --- emergent quantum gravity --- quantum ontology --- interpretations --- emergent quantum state --- undecidable dynamics --- molecule interference --- emergent quantum mechanics --- no-hidden-variables theorems --- mind–body problem --- physical ontology --- quantum foundations --- matter-wave optics --- conscious agent --- diffusion constant --- Bell theorem --- Burgers equation --- objective non-signaling constraint --- self-referential dynamics --- Bell inequality --- interpretation --- photochemistry --- Born rule statistics --- sub-quantum dynamics --- dynamical chaos --- weak measurement --- p-adic metric --- Levi-Civita connection --- David Bohm --- H-theorem --- the causal arrow of time --- strong coupling --- vortical dynamics --- fundamental irreversibility --- magnetic deflectometry --- quantum thermodynamics --- de Broglie–Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics --- wavefunction nodes --- stochastic quantum dynamics --- entropic gravity --- metrology --- Schrödinger equation --- gauge freedom --- Monte Carlo simulations --- micro-constituents --- nonequilibrium thermodynamics --- Bell’s theorem --- emergent space-time --- spin --- quantum field theory --- time-symmetry --- Gaussian-like solutions --- Hamiltonian --- number theory --- fractional velocity --- ergodicity --- fractal geometry --- atomic metastable states --- operator thermodynamic functions --- Canonical Presentation --- Retrocausation --- interpretations of quantum mechanics --- Bohm theory --- quantum mechanics --- zero-point field --- conspiracy --- pilot wave --- quantum holism --- toy-models --- curvature tensor --- Aharonov–Bohm effect --- computational irreducibility --- Stochastic Electrodynamics --- diffraction --- retrocausality --- resonances in quantum systems --- stochastic differential equations --- Bianchi identity --- past of the photon --- commutator --- relational interpretation of quantum mechanics --- free will --- nomology --- trajectories --- primitive ontology --- Mach–Zehnder interferometer --- weak values --- singular limit --- interior-boundary condition --- Poincaré recurrence --- quantum inaccessibility --- symplectic camel --- surrealistic trajectories --- observables --- Stern-Gerlach --- decoherence --- quantum non-equilibrium --- generalized Lagrangian paths --- superdeterminism --- black hole thermodynamics --- nonlocality --- measurement problem --- entropy and time evolution --- bouncing oil droplets --- spontaneous state reduction --- quantum theory --- many interacting worlds --- complex entropy. --- Turing incomputability --- iterant --- space-time fluctuations --- quantum potential --- ontological quantum mechanics --- photon trajectory --- Dove prism --- the Friedrichs model --- contextuality --- discrete calculus --- transition probability amplitude --- gravity --- pilot-wave theory --- matter-waves --- de Broglie-Bohm theory --- covariant quantum gravity --- atom-surface scattering --- de Broglie–Bohm theory

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Emergent quantum mechanics explores the possibility of an ontology for quantum mechanics. The resurgence of interest in ""deeper-level"" theories for quantum phenomena challenges the standard, textbook interpretation. The book presents expert views that critically evaluate the significance—for 21st century physics—of ontological quantum mechanics, an approach that David Bohm helped pioneer. The possibility of a deterministic quantum theory was first introduced with the original de Broglie-Bohm theory, which has also been developed as Bohmian mechanics. The wide range of perspectives that were contributed to this book on the occasion of David Bohm’s centennial celebration provide ample evidence for the physical consistency of ontological quantum mechanics. The book addresses deeper-level questions such as the following: Is reality intrinsically random or fundamentally interconnected? Is the universe local or nonlocal? Might a radically new conception of reality include a form of quantum causality or quantum ontology? What is the role of the experimenter agent? As the book demonstrates, the advancement of ‘quantum ontology’—as a scientific concept—marks a clear break with classical reality. The search for quantum reality entails unconventional causal structures and non-classical ontology, which can be fully consistent with the known record of quantum observations in the laboratory.

non-locality --- ultraviolet divergence --- constraints --- Kilmister equation --- bohmian mechanics --- epistemic agent --- Bohmian mechanics --- relational space --- Feynman paths --- Langevin equation --- quantum causality --- emergent quantum gravity --- quantum ontology --- interpretations --- emergent quantum state --- undecidable dynamics --- molecule interference --- emergent quantum mechanics --- no-hidden-variables theorems --- mind–body problem --- physical ontology --- quantum foundations --- matter-wave optics --- conscious agent --- diffusion constant --- Bell theorem --- Burgers equation --- objective non-signaling constraint --- self-referential dynamics --- Bell inequality --- interpretation --- photochemistry --- Born rule statistics --- sub-quantum dynamics --- dynamical chaos --- weak measurement --- p-adic metric --- Levi-Civita connection --- David Bohm --- H-theorem --- the causal arrow of time --- strong coupling --- vortical dynamics --- fundamental irreversibility --- magnetic deflectometry --- quantum thermodynamics --- de Broglie–Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics --- wavefunction nodes --- stochastic quantum dynamics --- entropic gravity --- metrology --- Schrödinger equation --- gauge freedom --- Monte Carlo simulations --- micro-constituents --- nonequilibrium thermodynamics --- Bell’s theorem --- emergent space-time --- spin --- quantum field theory --- time-symmetry --- Gaussian-like solutions --- Hamiltonian --- number theory --- fractional velocity --- ergodicity --- fractal geometry --- atomic metastable states --- operator thermodynamic functions --- Canonical Presentation --- Retrocausation --- interpretations of quantum mechanics --- Bohm theory --- quantum mechanics --- zero-point field --- conspiracy --- pilot wave --- quantum holism --- toy-models --- curvature tensor --- Aharonov–Bohm effect --- computational irreducibility --- Stochastic Electrodynamics --- diffraction --- retrocausality --- resonances in quantum systems --- stochastic differential equations --- Bianchi identity --- past of the photon --- commutator --- relational interpretation of quantum mechanics --- free will --- nomology --- trajectories --- primitive ontology --- Mach–Zehnder interferometer --- weak values --- singular limit --- interior-boundary condition --- Poincaré recurrence --- quantum inaccessibility --- symplectic camel --- surrealistic trajectories --- observables --- Stern-Gerlach --- decoherence --- quantum non-equilibrium --- generalized Lagrangian paths --- superdeterminism --- black hole thermodynamics --- nonlocality --- measurement problem --- entropy and time evolution --- bouncing oil droplets --- spontaneous state reduction --- quantum theory --- many interacting worlds --- complex entropy. --- Turing incomputability --- iterant --- space-time fluctuations --- quantum potential --- ontological quantum mechanics --- photon trajectory --- Dove prism --- the Friedrichs model --- contextuality --- discrete calculus --- transition probability amplitude --- gravity --- pilot-wave theory --- matter-waves --- de Broglie-Bohm theory --- covariant quantum gravity --- atom-surface scattering --- de Broglie–Bohm theory