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QUANTUM COHERENCE AND REALITY

In Celebration of the 60th Birthday of Yakir Aharonov
    https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814533294Cited by:6 (Source: Crossref)
    Abstract:

    The Table of Contents for the book is as follows:

    • Preface

    • 1. After-Banquet Talk in Honor of Aharonov’s 60th Birthday

    • 2. Aharonov–Bohm Effect and Geometric Phases

      • Dynamic Observation of Flux Lines Based on the AB Effect Principle

      • Signs and Miracles of the Aharonov–Bohm Effect

      • Aharonov Effects for Two Slits and Separated Oscillatory Fields Interferences

      • Atom Interferometers

      • Faster than Fourier

      • Berry’s Phase, Mesoscopic Conductivity and Local Forces

      • New Results in the Theory of Landau–Zener Transitions

      • Quantum Mechanics of the Electric Charge

      • Magnetic Charges and Local Duality Symmetry

    • 3. Gauge Fields in Condensed Matter

      • Quantum Phase in Action

      • Liberating Exotic Slaves

      • Persistent Currents in Normal Metals

    • 4. Black Holes and Quantum Gravity

      • Evidence for a Massive Black Hole in the Center of Our Galaxy

      • Black Holes, Wormholes, and the Disappearance of Global Charge

      • The Conflict Between Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity

      • Unitarity of the Black Hole Scattering Matrix

      • Entropy Generation in Quantum Gravity and Black Hole Remnants

      • Black Holes and Information Loss in 2D Dilaton Gravity

    • 5. Gravitation and Quantum Mechanics

      • Topological Phases and Their Duality in Electromagnetic and Gravitational Fields

      • Disordered Gravitation: Localization and Diffusion Limited Dynamics of the Early Universe

    • 6. Quantum Non-Locality and Geometry

      • The Superposition Principle in Multi-Particle Systems

      • Non-Locality and Objectivity in Quantum State Reduction

      • A Non-Polarization EPR Experiment: Observation of High-Visibility Franson Interference Fringes

      • Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen Correlations in Higher Dimensions

      • Time as a Derived Quantity in the Micromaser

      • Toward “It from Bit”

    • 7. Spin and Statistics

      • (Para)Bosons, (Para)Fermions, Quons and Other Beasts in the Menagerie of Particle Statistics

      • The Quantum Theory of Measurement and the Foundations of Statistical Mechanics

      • Time Reversal of Spin–Spin Couplings

      • Electromagnetic Velocity and Acceleration of Neutrons

    • 8. Quantum Reality and Phenomenology

      • A New Formulation of Quantum Mechanics

      • Measurement of Nonlocal Variables Without Breaking Causality

      • Quantum Anomalies and Three Families

      • Experiments Pursuant to Determining the Duration of Barrier Traversal in Quantum Tunneling

      • Global Quantization of Vacuum Angle and Magnetic Monopoles as a New Solution to the Strong CP Problem