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dc.contributor.authorKnowles, Antti
dc.contributor.editorTokus, Sabiha
dc.contributor.editorCederbaum, Carla
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-03T11:44:49Z
dc.date.available2015-12-03T11:44:49Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.urihttp://publications.mfo.de/handle/mfo/441
dc.description.abstractIf you place a drop of ink into a glass of water, the ink will slowly dissipate into the surrounding water until it is perfectly mixed. If you record your experiment with a camera and play the film backwards, you will see something that is never observed in the real world. Such diffusive and irreversible behaviour is ubiquitous in nature. Nevertheless, the fundamental equations that describe the motion of individual particles – Newton’s and Schrödinger’s equations – are reversible in time: a film depicting the motion of just a few particles looks as realistic when played forwards as when played backwards. In this snapshot, we discuss how one may try to understand the origin of diffusion starting from the fundamental laws of quantum mechanics.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfachen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSnapshots of modern mathematics from Oberwolfach; 14/2015
dc.rightsAttribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/*
dc.titleQuantum diffusionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.14760/SNAP-2015-014-EN
local.series.idSNAP-2015-014-EN
local.subject.snapshotAnalysis
local.subject.snapshotProbability Theory and Statistics
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:101:1-201512081035
dc.identifier.ppn165344150X


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