03444nam 2200505 450 991068678730332120230604180030.09783031161650(electronic bk.)978303116164310.1007/978-3-031-16165-0(MiAaPQ)EBC7221158(Au-PeEL)EBL7221158(OCoLC)1374426726(DE-He213)978-3-031-16165-0(PPN)269094865(EXLCZ)992634744480004120230604h20232018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA First introduction to quantum physics /Pieter KokSecond edition.Cham, Switzerland :Springer International Publishing AG,[2023]©20181 online resource (304 pages)Undergraduate Lecture Notes in PhysicsIncludes index.Print version: Kok, Pieter A First Introduction to Quantum Physics Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031161643 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.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.Undergraduate lecture notes in physics.Mathematical physicsQuantum theoryMathematical physics.Quantum theory.530.15Kok Pieter1972-833846MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910686787303321First Introduction to Quantum Physics1864287UNINA