The very fast progress registered during the last few decades in physics has clearly shown the great necessity to give an interdisciplinary character to the scientific programs. This has made the intersection between different branches of physics more and more important. This volume contains theoretical and experimental results concerning the relationships among quantum-like models, macroscopic coherence and stochastic mechanics. The wide range of topics, covering particle accelerator physics, plasma physics, quantum optics, superconductivities and mesoscopic gravitation, is presented from a cross-disciplinary point of view.
Contents:
- Quantum Nonlocality: Appearance or Reality? (M Cini)
- The MQC Experiment to Test Macroscopic Quantum Coherence in a Squid (C Cosmelli)
- Physical Relevance of Quantum Groups (S De Martino et al.)
- Quantum-Like Description of an off-Axis Coherent State Evolution for Particle Beams in the Presence of Small Aberrations (S De Nicola et al.)
- Charged-Particle Beam Transport: Quantum-Like Description Versus Classical Description (R Fedele & G Miele)
- The Problem of the Physical Interpretation of Nelson Stochastic Mechanics as a Model for Quantum Mechanics (F Guerra)
- Macroscopic Quantum Coherence Induced by Radiation Pressure (S Mancini et al.)
- Nonstationary Casimir Effect and Nonclassical States (V I Man'ko)
- Coherent Transport in Mesoscopic Devices (V Marigliano Ramaglia & A Tagliacozzo)
- A Solvable Model for Quantum Mechanical Dissipation (H Nakazato & S Pascazio)
- Quantum Measurements in Microscopic and Macroscopic Oscillators at Finite Temperature (R Onofrio)
- Beam Optics of the Dirac Particle with Anomalous Magnetic Moment (M Pusterla)
- Random Path Approach to Quantum Mechanics: Conceptual Structure and Physical Interpretation (M Roncadelli)
- Nonlinear Dynamics of Coupled Waves in Dispersive Media (P K Shukla & N N Rao)
- Neutral Plasma in an Electromagnetic Trap (G Torelli)
- Liouville Integrability of the Schrödinger Equation (G Vilasi)
- Mesoscopic Gravitation (L Viola)
- and other papers
Readership: Researchers in quantum mechanics, optics, and plasma, condensed-matter, statistical, laser and accelerator physics.
