Overview
- Written by an experienced lecturer with a sound understanding of quantum mechanics, and a gift for explaining it
- Combines standard topics with new findings and developments, such as quantum information and neutrino oscillation
- Discusses more advanced topics in the appendix, and includes many exercises with solutions
- Will also be of interest to readers not specialized in theoretical physics, e.g. teachers and other physical scientists
Part of the book series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics (ULNP)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Applications and Extensions
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Principles of Quantum Mechanics
- Complex Vector Space
- Density Operator
- Neutrino Oscillation
- Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
- Quantum Cryptography
- Quantum Information
- Quantum Mechanics Exercises and Solutions
- Quantum Mechanics Explained
- Quantum Mechanics Undergraduate Textbook
- Schrödinger Equation
- Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
About this book
This book, the second in a two-volume set, provides an introduction to the basics of (mainly) non-relativistic quantum mechanics. While the first volume addresses the basic principles, this second volume discusses applications and extensions to more complex problems. In addition to topics dealt with in traditional quantum mechanics texts, such as symmetries or many-body problems, it also treats issues of current interest such as entanglement, Bell’s inequality, decoherence and various aspects of quantum information in detail. Furthermore, questions concerning the basis of quantum mechanics and epistemological issues which are relevant e.g. to the realism debate are discussed explicitly. A chapter on the interpretations of quantum mechanics rounds out the book.
Readers are introduced to the requisite mathematical tools step by step. In the appendix, the most relevant mathematics is compiled in compact form, and more advanced topics such as the Lenz vector, Hardy’s experiment and Shor’s algorithm are treated in more detail. As an essential aid to learning and teaching, 130 exercises are included, most of them with solutions.This revised second edition is expanded by an introduction into some ideas and problems of relativistic quantum mechanics. In this second volume, an overview of quantum field theory is given and basic conceptions of quantum electrodynamics are treated in some detail.
Originally written as a course for students of science education, the book addresses all those science students and others who are looking for a reasonably simple, fresh and modern introduction to the field.
Reviews
“This book continues the excellent introduction to quantum mechanics of the first volume ... suited for beginners to get first insights which may be deepened reading the appendices. The two volumes can be best recommended generally and especially for self studies.” (K.-E. Hellwig, zbMATH 1445.81002, 2020)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quantum Mechanics for Pedestrians 2
Book Subtitle: Applications and Extensions
Authors: Jochen Pade
Series Title: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00467-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-00466-8Published: 17 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-00467-5Published: 05 December 2018
Series ISSN: 2192-4791
Series E-ISSN: 2192-4805
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXIII, 586
Number of Illustrations: 1328 b/w illustrations, 53 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quantum Physics, Quantum Field Theories, String Theory, Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics