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Author:   S. Roy
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1998 ed.
Volume:   92
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.220kg
ISBN:  

9780792349075

ISBN 10:   0792349075
Pages:   251
Publication Date:   31 January 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction and Historical Survey.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Beginnings.- 1.3 Menger 1942.- 1.4 Rosen 1947.- 1.5 Mathematical developments 1956–1961.- 1.6 Blokhintsev and Takano 1960–1961.- 1.7 Random metrics.- 1.8 Ingraham 1966.- 1.9 New developments 1975 and later.- 2 Statistical Behavior of Microparticles.- 2.1 Microparticles and Quantum Mechanics.- 2.2 Fluctuation of Space-Time Metric.- 2.3 Decoherence in Quantum Mechanics.- 2.4 Frame dependence of Scattering Matrix.- 2.5 E-P-R Correlations.- 2.6 4? Periodicity of Spinor Wave Function.- 3 Space-Time Fluctuation and Random Potential.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Langrangian Mechanics.- 3.3 Lamb Shift and Hydrogen Atom.- 3.4 Fifth Force.- 3.5 Origin of Quantum Potential.- 3.6 Quantum Statistics and Random Trajectories.- 3.7 Quark Confinement.- 4 Non-Local Fields.- 4.1 Extended Elementary Objects.- 4.2 Internal Variable and Fluctuation of Space-Time Metric.- 4.3 Quantum Geometry.- 4.4 Probabilistic Finsler Geometry.- 4.5 Local Heat Energy and Local Temperature.- 5 Astro-Particle Physics.- 5.1 Acceleration Mechanism.- 5.2 Highest Energy Cosmic Ray Spectrum.- 5.3 Propagation of Light in a Dissipative Maxwell Vacuum.- 6 Einstein Equation for Gravitational Field.- 6.1 Einstein Equation and Fluctuation of g?v.- 6.2 Turbulent Gravitational Field and Cosmological Issues.- 6.3 Possible Implications.- 7 Origin of Stochasticity.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Random Zero-Point Field.- 7.3 Stochastic Strings.- 7.4 New Correspondence Principle.- 7.5 Stochastic Background Force and Origin of Quantization.- 8 Possible Implications.- 8.1 Prologue.- 8.2 Quantum Fluctuation.- 8.3 Limitations of the Measurement of Space-Time Distances.- 8.4 Relativistic Cosmology and Time Singularity.- 9 Epilogue: New Dialogue of Man With Nature.- 9.1Fuzziness in Space-Time.- 9.2 Spontaneity, Order and Wholeness.

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... of interest to physicists, mathematicians and chemists interested in particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.pb' Zentralblatt MATH, 929 (2000)

`... of interest to physicists, mathematicians and chemists interested in particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.pb' Zentralblatt MATH, 929 (2000)

`... of interest to physicists, mathematicians and chemists interested in particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.pb' Zentralblatt MATH, 929 (2000)

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