Foundations of Quantum Mechanics in the Light of New Technology: Selected Papers from the Proceedings of the First Through Fourth International Symposia on Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

by Nakajima, Sadao; Murayama, Y.; International Symposium Foundations of Quantum Mechanics in the Light

• ISBN13: 9789810228446
• ISBN10: 9810228449
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC

Summary

Proceedings of the First through Fourth Intl Symposia on Foundations of Quantum Mechanics in the Light of the New Technology (ISQMs) held every three years since 1983. DLC: Quantum theory.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Editors' Note
Gauge Fields, Electromagnetism and the Bohm-Aharonov Effect	p. 3
Non-Local Phenomena and the Aharonov-Bohm Effect	p. 8
Electron Holography, Aharonov-Bohm Effect and Flux Quantization	p. 18
The Superposition Principle in Macroscopic Systems	p. 27
Metabistability in a SQUID and Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling	p. 36
Fundamental Problems of Digital Information Processing	p. 47
Critical Review of Theory of Measurement in Quantum Mechanics	p. 63
Delayed-Choice Experiments and Bohr's Elementary Quantum Phenomenon	p. 72
Pointer Basis, and Inhibition of Quantum Tunneling by Environment-Induced Superselection	p. 85
Quantum Nondemolition Measurements	p. 94
Experiments on Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Type Correlations with Pairs of Visible Photons	p. 105
Is Reductionism Tenable within Physics?	p. 116
The Experiment in Classical and in Quantum Physics	p. 120
Test of Quantum Mechanics by Matter Wave Interferometry	p. 132
Delayed-Choice Experiments with the Neutron Interferometer	p. 144
Quantum Hall Effect	p. 151
Quantum Mechanics: Prospects and Problems	p. 163
Quantum Measurements in Neutron Interferometry	p. 169
The Two-Photon Polarisation Correlation of Metastable Hydrogen as Test between Quantum Mechanics and Local Realistic Theories	p. 184
Proof of the Aharonov-Bohm Effect with Completely Shielded Magnetic Field	p. 191
Fractional Quantum Statistics in Two-Dimensional Systems	p. 200
Complex Phases in Quantum Mechanics	p. 210
The Aharonov-Bohm Effect and Long-Range Phase Coherence in Normal Metal Rings	p. 214
Universal Conductance Fluctuations and Quantum Interference Effects in Mesoscopic and Macroscopic Systems	p. 228
Electric Field Effect on Superconductivity in an Inversion Layer Proximity System	p. 239
Quantum Nondemolition Measurement of Photon Number and Number-Phase Minimum Uncertainty State	p. 246
The Current Status of Quantum Mechanics at the Macroscopic Level	p. 257
Optical Manifestations of Berry's Topological Phases: Aharonov-Bohm-like Effects for the Photon	p. 271
High Precision Determination of [alpha] and Quantum Electrodynamics for Nonrelativistic Systems	p. 284
Observations on Conductance Quantization and Dephasing in Mesoscale Systems	p. 290
Quantum Ballistic Electron Transport and Conductance Quantization in a Constricted Two-Dimensional Electron Gas	p. 301
Status Report on the MQC Experiment: Observation of Ideal Quasiparticle Resistance in Josephson Junctions	p. 310
Two Fundamental Results from Low-Temperature Experiments with One-Dimensional Arrays of Ultrasmall Tunnel Junctions	p. 321
Normal to Superconducting Current Conversion in Mesoscopic Semiconductor-Superconductor Structure	p. 329
Quantum Effects in Single-Atom and Single-Photon Experiments	p. 336
Quantum Mechanics in the Light of Quantum Cosmology	p. 347
The Evolution of Semiconductor Quantum Structures in Reduced Dimensionality - Do-It-Yourself Quantum Mechanics	p. 370
Reversible Computation: Implications for Measurement, Communication, and Physical Law	p. 384
A Study of Irreversible Loss of Information without Heat Generation	p. 389
Reflections on the Development of Theoretical Physics	p. 399
The Effect of Dissipation on Tunnelling	p. 406
Quantum Diffusion in Metals	p. 414
Tunneling Phenomena in Nuclear Physics	p. 422
Vortices and Charges in Josephson Junction Arrays as Quantum Particles	p. 429
Hall Effect at the Magnetic-Field-Tuned Superconductor-Insulator Transition	p. 435
Conductivity near the Superconductor-Insulator Transition of a 2-Dimensional Bose-Hubbard System	p. 443
Theory of Microscopic Mechanism and Related Exotic Phenomena of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy	p. 452
Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling in Ferromagnetic Particles	p. 459
Orbital Magnetic Response and Level Correlations in Mesoscopic Systems	p. 463
Electron Holography and Flux Lines	p. 468
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Vortices in a Superconductor	p. 479
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