Quantum Mechanics for Pedestrians 1: Fundamentals

• Main Author: Pade, Jochen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Quantum physics.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

This book provides an introduction into the fundamentals of non-relativistic quantum mechanics. In Part 1, the essential principles are developed. Applications and extensions of the formalism can be found in Part 2. The book includes not only material that is presented in traditional textbooks on qu...

Table of Contents:

• Towards the Schrödinger Equation
• Polarization
• More on the Schrödinger Equation
• Complex Vector Spaces and Quantum Mechanics
• Two Simple Solutions of the Schrödinger Equation
• Interaction-Free Measurement
• Position Probability
• Neutrino Oscillations
• Expectation Value, Mean Value, Measured Value
• Stopover - Quantum Cryptography
• Abstract Notation
• Continuous Spectra
• Operators
• Postulates of Quantum Mechanics.