TY - BOOK AU - BrĂ¼ning,Erwin AU - Petruccione,F. ED - Chris Engelbrecht Summer School on Theoretical Physics TI - Theoretical foundations of quantum information processing and communication: selected topics T2 - Lecture notes in physics, SN - 9783642028700 AV - QC173.96 .C47 2007 U1 - 623,04 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Berlin, New York PB - Springer KW - Quantum theory KW - Congresses KW - Quantum computers KW - Information theory KW - Information science N1 - "Text of lectures given at the 18th Chris Engelbrecht Summer School in Theoretical Physics on Theoretical Foundations of Quantum Information Processing and Communication ... held in Salt Rock on the Dolphin Coast of KwaZulu-Natal from 14 to 24 January 2007"--Pref; Includes bibliographical references and index; An introduction to quantum probability -- Covariant mappings for the description of measurement, dissipation and decoherence in quantum mechanics -- Quantum open systems with time-dependent control -- Five lectures on quantum information applications of complex many-body systems -- Non-Markovian quantum dynamics and the method of correlated projection super-operators -- Testing quantum mechanics in high-energy physics -- Five lectures on optical quantum computing -- Quantum information and relativity: an introduction UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1109/2009935346-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1109/2009935346-t.html ER -