Frontiers in Quantum Physics

Table of Contents

Preface v

Information and Information Loss in Quantum Gravity 1 G. 't Hooft

M-brane: A New Paradigm for Quantum Gravity 15 P.K. Townsend

Transmission and Processing Quantum Information 24 C. H. Bennett

Decoherence, Chaos, and the Physics of Information 38 W. H. Zurek

The Probability Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics 39 Bryce De Witt

One-Dimensional Hamiltonians and Two-Dimensional Statistical Mechanical Models: Functional Relations For Local Correlations 50 R.J. Baxter

Mathematics and Quantum Physics 61 Cecile De Witt-Morette

Quantum Physics in Microelectronics 72 K.v. Klitzing

Observation of Quantized Vortices in Superconductors Using Electron Waves 73 Akira Tonomura

Experimenting and Manipulating Single Surface Atoms 85 Tien T. Tsong

Kinetic Theory and Non-Markovian Effects in the Green-Kubo Formalism for Moderately Dense Gases 98 T. Petrosky

Construction and Ergodicity of Dissipative Dynamics for Quantum Spin Systems on a Lattice 112 A. W. Majewski, R. Olkiewicz and B. Zegarlinski

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Ergodic Properties of Quantum Conservative Systems 127 Fausto Borgovoni and Giulio Casati

Logical Reversibility and Physical Reversibility in Quantum Measurement 136 M. Ueda

Measurement and Quantum Computation 145 G. J. Milburn and C. D'Helon

Coherent States in Action 151 John R. Klauder

The Casimir Force from Lorentz's 160 Hiroshi Ezawa, Koichi Nakamura and Keiji Watanabe

Window Coupled Quantum Wires: Spectral and Scattering Properties 170 Pavel Exner

Dynamics of Band Electrons in Time-Periodic Electric Fields 189 Xian-Geng Zhao

Nonlinear Optical Phenomena in Atoms 198 S. A. Bakhramov

The Schwinger Approximation Scheme for Quantum Systems 208 T. Digernes, E. Husstad and V. S. Varadarajan

Quasinormal-mode Quantization of Open Systems 214 P. T. Leung, Alec Maasen van den Brink and K. Young

Thermo Field Dynamics of Irreversible Processes 219 Keiji Watanabe, Koichi Nakamura and Hiroshi Ezawa

A Contextual Probability Measure for Real Properties of Quantum Systems 224 D. J. Miller

Weak Correlation Decay in Classical and Quantum Systems 229 Roberto Artuso

Evolution of Internal Entropy in Simple Scattering S. Kanno and S. K. Foong

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A 'Classical' Distance in Quantum Mechanics 240 Harald Wiedemann, Karol Zyczkowski and Wojciech Slomczynski

An Aspect of Heisenberg Uncertainty and de Broglie Waves 245 Christopher G. Jesudason

Sum-Over-Histories for the Dirac Electron of a Hydrogenic Atom in Superstrong Magnetic Fields 251 C. C. Bernido, M. V. Carpio-Bernido and N. S. Lim

Static and Dynamic Effective Mass of the Polaron 256 V. Sa-yakanit and K. Tayanasanti

Cluster Expansion of a Planar Model 262 Chai Hok Eab

Multiplets in Quantum Algebras 267 L. C. Kwek, C. H. Oh and K. Singh

Statistics of Generalized q-Deformed Quantum Oscillators 272 Dao Vong Duc

Group-Theoretic Quantization, Central Extensions & Integer Quantum Hall Effect 277 Hishamuddin Zainuddin, Zainul Abidin Hassan and Zainal Abidin Talib

Exact Dynamics of the Two-mode Two-photon Jaynes-Cummings Model Without the Rotating-wave Approximation 285 K. M. Ng, C. F. Lo and K. L. Liu

Exact Dynamics of the Multiphoton Jaynes-Cummings Model Without the Rotating-wave Approximation 291 K. M. Ng, C. F. Lo and K. L. Liu

Scalar-Tensor Theory of Gravity on M\ x ZI Geometry 298 A. Kokado, G. Konisi, T. Saito and Y. Tada

Lattice Models of Quantum Gravity 303 E. Bittner, A. Hauke, H. Markum, J. Riedler, C. Holm and W. Janke

Quantum Mechanical Black Holes: An Alternative Perspective 308 B. G. Sidharth

Gravitational Scattering Amplitude in Chern-Simons Theory 314 Freddy P. Zen

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Neural Networks in Quantum Gravity 319 Hammoudi Fares and Wan Ahmad Tajuddin Wan Abdullah

Intermediate-energy Electron Scattering from Atomic Hydrogen 325 Kurv, Ratnavelu and Y. Zhou

Application of Analytical Methods to the Study of Coulomb Excitation in Direct Reactions Induced by Heavy Ion Collisions 329 Bernardine R. Wong

Fission Decay of Light Nuclei (A < 100) 333 A. Bouketir, A. Boucena and K. Bencheikh

Tailoring Layer Lengths of (m)InAs-(n)Alo.iGao.9Sb Superlattices for Infrared Bandgaps 338 G. K. A. Gopir, J. P. Hagon and M. Jaros

Some New Developments in Structural Theory 343 Karim b Yaacob and Wan Ahmad Tajuddin Wan Abdullah