Decoherence and Quantum Measurements Book

1	General and Historical Survey	1
1	General remarks	1
2	Brief history	13
2	Elements of Quantum Mechanics	25
1	Wave-particle dualism	25
2	Formulation of quantum mechanics	34
3	Density matrix	43
4	Grand quantum mechanics	45
5	Uncertainty relations and coherent states	48
3	Critical Review of Measurement Theories	53
1	Collapse of the wave function	53
2	Von Neumann-Wigner theory and related topics	55
3	Jauch's approach and the spontaneous localization model	65
4	The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox	66
4	The Many-Hilbert-Space Theory	71
1	Improving the von Neumann-Wigner theory from the MHS-point of view	71
2	General theory of measurements	79
3	Observation of a single system	92
4	The EPR problem in the MHS theory	94
5	Quantum non-demolition measurements	98
5	Solvable Detector Models	103
1	Rigid mirror model	103
2	One-dimensional emulsion model: The AgBr model	108
3	Cini's model	126
6	Neutron Interferometry	133
1	Neutron interference	133
2	Neutron interference at low transmission probability	141
7	Numerical Simulations of Measurement Processes	153
1	Dirac comb	154
2	Remarks	165
8	Quantum Zeno Effect	169
1	Historical introduction	170
2	Short-time behaviour and quantum Zeno effect	172
3	Experimental tests	177
4	Dynamical explanation of the experiment by Itano et al.	187
5	A few comments	188
9	Quantum Dephasing by Chaos	191
1	Quantum dephasing and chaos	191
	Outlook	201
App. A	Temporal behaviour of quantum systems	205
	Bibliography	213
	Index	226