LEADER 03444nam 2200505 450 001 9910686787303321 005 20230604180030.0 010 $a9783031161650$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031161643 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-16165-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7221158 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7221158 035 $a(OCoLC)1374426726 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-16165-0 035 $a(PPN)269094865 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926347444800041 100 $a20230604h20232018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA First introduction to quantum physics /$fPieter Kok 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer International Publishing AG,$d[2023] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (304 pages) 225 1 $aUndergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$aPrint version: Kok, Pieter A First Introduction to Quantum Physics Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031161643 327 $aChapter 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. 330 $aIn this undergraduate textbook, now in its 2nd edition, the author develops the quantum theory from first principles based on very simple experiments: a photon traveling through beam splitters to detectors, an electron moving through magnetic fields, and an atom emitting radiation. From the physical description of these experiments follows a natural mathematical description in terms of matrices and complex numbers. The first part of the book examines how experimental facts force us to let go of some deeply held preconceptions and develops this idea into a description of states, probabilities, observables, and time evolution. The quantum mechanical principles are illustrated using applications such as gravitational wave detection, magnetic resonance imaging, atomic clocks, scanning tunneling microscopy, and many more. The first part concludes with an overview of the complete quantum theory. The second part of the book covers more advanced topics, including the concept of entanglement, the process of decoherence or how quantum systems become classical, quantum computing and quantum communication, and quantum particles moving in space. Here, the book makes contact with more traditional approaches to quantum physics. The remaining chapters delve deeply into the idea of uncertainty relations and explore what the quantum theory says about the nature of reality. The book is an ideal accessible introduction to quantum physics, tested in the classroom, with modern examples and plenty of end-of-chapter exercises. 410 0$aUndergraduate lecture notes in physics. 606 $aMathematical physics 606 $aQuantum theory 615 0$aMathematical physics. 615 0$aQuantum theory. 676 $a530.15 700 $aKok$b Pieter$f1972-$0833846 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910686787303321 996 $aFirst Introduction to Quantum Physics$91864287 997 $aUNINA