A First Introduction to Quantum Physics

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kok, Pieter (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Θέματα: Quantum physics.; Physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Mathematical physics.; Quantum Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.

In this undergraduate textbook, the author develops the quantum theory from first principles based on very simple experiments: a photon travelling through beam splitters to detectors, an electron moving through a Stern-Gerlach machine, and an atom emitting radiation. From the physical description of...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1: Three simple experiments
• The purpose of physical theories
• A laser and a detector
• A laser and a beam splitter
• A Mach-Zehnder interferometer
• The breakdown of classical concepts
• Chapter 2: Photons and Interference
• Photon paths and superpositions
• The beam splitter as a matrix
• The phase in an interferometer
• How to calculate probabilities
• Gravitational wave detection
• Chapter 3: Electrons with Spin
• The Stern-Gerlach experiment
• The spin observable
• The Bloch sphere
• The uncertainty principle
• Magnetic resonance imaging
• Chapter 4: Atoms and Energy
• The energy spectrum of atoms
• Changes over time
• The Hamiltonian
• Interactions
• Atomic clocks
• Chapter 5: Operators
• Eigenvalue problems
• Observables
• Evolution
• The commutator
• Projectors
• Chapter 6: Entanglement
• The state of two electrons
• Entanglement
• Quantum teleportation
• Quantum computers
• Chapter 7: Decoherence
• Classical and quantum uncertainty
• The density matrix
• Interactions with the environment
• Entropy and Landauer's principle
• Chapter 8: The Motion of Particles
• A particle in a box
• The momentum of a particle
• The energy of a particle
• The scanning tunneling microscope
• Chemistry
• Chapter 9: Uncertainty Relations
• Quantum uncertainty revisited
• Position-momentum uncertainty
• The energy-time uncertainty relation
• The quantum mechanical pendulum
• Precision measurements
• Chapter 10: The Nature of Reality
• The emergent classical world
• The quantum state revisited
• Nonlocality
• Contextuality
• A compendium of interpretations.