1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910686787303321

Autore

Kok Pieter <1972->

Titolo

A First introduction to quantum physics / / Pieter Kok

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , [2023]

©2018

ISBN

9783031161650

9783031161643

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 pages)

Collana

Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics

Disciplina

530.15

Soggetti

Mathematical physics

Quantum theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Three simple experiments -- Chapter 2: Photons and Interference -- Chapter 3: Electrons with Spin -- Chapter 4: Atoms and Energy -- Chapter 5: Operators -- Chapter 6: Entanglement -- Chapter 7: Decoherence -- Chapter 8: The Motion of Particles -- Chapter 9: Uncertainty Relations -- Chapter 10: The Nature of Reality.

Sommario/riassunto

In this undergraduate textbook, now in its 2nd edition, the author develops the quantum theory from first principles based on very simple experiments: a photon traveling through beam splitters to detectors, an electron moving through magnetic fields, and an atom emitting radiation. From the physical description of these experiments follows a natural mathematical description in terms of matrices and complex numbers. The first part of the book examines how experimental facts force us to let go of some deeply held preconceptions and develops this idea into a description of states, probabilities, observables, and time evolution. The quantum mechanical principles are illustrated using applications such as gravitational wave detection, magnetic resonance imaging, atomic clocks, scanning tunneling microscopy, and many more. The first part concludes with an overview of the complete quantum theory. The second part of the book covers more advanced topics, including the concept of entanglement, the process of decoherence or how quantum systems become classical, quantum



computing and quantum communication, and quantum particles moving in space. Here, the book makes contact with more traditional approaches to quantum physics. The remaining chapters delve deeply into the idea of uncertainty relations and explore what the quantum theory says about the nature of reality. The book is an ideal accessible introduction to quantum physics, tested in the classroom, with modern examples and plenty of end-of-chapter exercises.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910705718703321

Autore

Kalar Donald J.

Titolo

Considerations for the use of remote gaze tracking to assess behavior in flight simulators / / Donald J. Kalar [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Moffett Field, California : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, , October 2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 24 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

NASA/TM ; ; 2016-219424

Soggetti

Eye movements

Flight simulators

Human performance

Human-computer interface

Performance tests

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"October 2016."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-24).



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830815603321

Titolo

Crown ethers and analogs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Wiley, 1989

ISBN

0-470-77886-5

0-470-77223-9

0-470-77234-4

Collana

Updates from the Chemistry of the functional groups Crown ethers and analogs

Disciplina

547/.035

Soggetti

Crown ethers

Organic Chemistry

Chemistry

Physical Sciences & Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph