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Advanced quantum mechanics : A practical guide / / Yuli V Nazarov, Delft University of Technology, Jeroen Danon, Free University of Berlin [[electronic resource]]
| Advanced quantum mechanics : A practical guide / / Yuli V Nazarov, Delft University of Technology, Jeroen Danon, Free University of Berlin [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Nazarov Yuli V. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 354 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 530.12 |
| Soggetto topico | Quantum theory |
| ISBN |
1-107-23317-8
1-139-60972-6 1-107-25353-5 1-139-61158-5 1-139-62088-6 1-283-97025-2 1-139-62460-1 1-139-61530-0 0-511-98042-6 |
| Classificazione | SCI057000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Figure Credits; Preface; PART I SECOND QUANTIZATION; 1 Elementary quantum mechanics; 1.1 Classical mechanics; 1.2 Schrödinger equation; 1.3 Dirac formulation; 1.4 Schrödinger and Heisenberg pictures; 1.5 Perturbation theory; 1.6 Time-dependent perturbation theory; 1.6.1 Fermi's golden rule; 1.7 Spin and angular momentum; 1.7.1 Spin in a magnetic field; 1.7.2 Two spins; 1.8 Two-level system: The qubit; 1.9 Harmonic oscillator; 1.10 The density matrix; 1.11 Entanglement; Exercises; Solutions; 2 Identical particles; 2.1 Schrödinger equation for identical particles
2.2 The symmetry postulate2.2.1 Quantum fields; 2.3 Solutions of the N-particle Schrödinger equation; 2.3.1 Symmetric wave function: Bosons; 2.3.2 Antisymmetric wave function: Fermions; 2.3.3 Fock space; Exercises; Solutions; 3 Second quantization; 3.1 Second quantization for bosons; 3.1.1 Commutation relations; 3.1.2 The structure of Fock space; 3.2 Field operators for bosons; 3.2.1 Operators in terms of field operators; 3.2.2 Hamiltonian in terms of field operators; 3.2.3 Field operators in the Heisenberg picture; 3.3 Why second quantization?; 3.4 Second quantization for fermions 3.4.1 Creation and annihilation operators for fermions3.4.2 Field operators; 3.5 Summary of second quantization; Exercises; Solutions; PART II EXAMPLES; 4 Magnetism; 4.1 Non-interacting Fermi gas; 4.2 Magnetic ground state; 4.2.1 Trial wave function; 4.3 Energy; 4.3.1 Kinetic energy; 4.3.2 Potential energy; 4.3.3 Energy balance and phases; 4.4 Broken symmetry; 4.5 Excitations in ferromagnetic metals; 4.5.1 Single-particle excitations; 4.5.2 Electron-hole pairs; 4.5.3 Magnons; 4.5.4 Magnon spectrum; Exercises; Solutions; 5 Superconductivity; 5.1 Attractive interaction and Cooper pairs 5.1.1 Trial wave function5.1.2 Nambu boxes; 5.2 Energy; 5.2.1 Energy minimization; 5.3 Particles and quasiparticles; 5.4 Broken symmetry; Exercises; Solutions; 6 Superfluidity; 6.1 Non-interacting Bose gas; 6.2 Field theory for interacting Bose gas; 6.2.1 Hamiltonian and Heisenberg equation; 6.3 The condensate; 6.3.1 Broken symmetry; 6.4 Excitations as oscillations; 6.4.1 Particles and quasiparticles; 6.5 Topological excitations; 6.5.1 Vortices; 6.5.2 Vortices as quantum states; 6.5.3 Vortex lines; Exercises; Solutions; PART III FIELDS AND RADIATION; 7 Classical fields 7.1 Chain of coupled oscillators7.2 Continuous elastic string; 7.2.1 Hamiltonian and equation of motion; 7.2.2 Solution of the equation of motion; 7.2.3 The elastic string as a set of oscillators; 7.3 Classical electromagnetic field; 7.3.1 Maxwell equations; 7.3.2 Useful relations; 7.3.3 Vector and scalar potentials; 7.3.4 Gauges; 7.3.5 Electromagnetic field as a set of oscillators; 7.3.6 The LC-oscillator; Exercises; Solutions; 8 Quantization of fields; 8.1 Quantization of the mechanical oscillator; 8.1.1 Oscillator and oscillators; 8.2 The elastic string: phonons 8.3 Fluctuations of magnetization: magnons |
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Advanced quantum mechanics : A practical guide / / Yuli V Nazarov, Delft University of Technology, Jeroen Danon, Free University of Berlin [[electronic resource]]
| Advanced quantum mechanics : A practical guide / / Yuli V Nazarov, Delft University of Technology, Jeroen Danon, Free University of Berlin [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Nazarov Yuli V. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 354 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 530.12 |
| Soggetto topico | Quantum theory |
| ISBN |
1-107-23317-8
1-139-60972-6 1-107-25353-5 1-139-61158-5 1-139-62088-6 1-283-97025-2 1-139-62460-1 1-139-61530-0 0-511-98042-6 |
| Classificazione | SCI057000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Figure Credits; Preface; PART I SECOND QUANTIZATION; 1 Elementary quantum mechanics; 1.1 Classical mechanics; 1.2 Schrödinger equation; 1.3 Dirac formulation; 1.4 Schrödinger and Heisenberg pictures; 1.5 Perturbation theory; 1.6 Time-dependent perturbation theory; 1.6.1 Fermi's golden rule; 1.7 Spin and angular momentum; 1.7.1 Spin in a magnetic field; 1.7.2 Two spins; 1.8 Two-level system: The qubit; 1.9 Harmonic oscillator; 1.10 The density matrix; 1.11 Entanglement; Exercises; Solutions; 2 Identical particles; 2.1 Schrödinger equation for identical particles
2.2 The symmetry postulate2.2.1 Quantum fields; 2.3 Solutions of the N-particle Schrödinger equation; 2.3.1 Symmetric wave function: Bosons; 2.3.2 Antisymmetric wave function: Fermions; 2.3.3 Fock space; Exercises; Solutions; 3 Second quantization; 3.1 Second quantization for bosons; 3.1.1 Commutation relations; 3.1.2 The structure of Fock space; 3.2 Field operators for bosons; 3.2.1 Operators in terms of field operators; 3.2.2 Hamiltonian in terms of field operators; 3.2.3 Field operators in the Heisenberg picture; 3.3 Why second quantization?; 3.4 Second quantization for fermions 3.4.1 Creation and annihilation operators for fermions3.4.2 Field operators; 3.5 Summary of second quantization; Exercises; Solutions; PART II EXAMPLES; 4 Magnetism; 4.1 Non-interacting Fermi gas; 4.2 Magnetic ground state; 4.2.1 Trial wave function; 4.3 Energy; 4.3.1 Kinetic energy; 4.3.2 Potential energy; 4.3.3 Energy balance and phases; 4.4 Broken symmetry; 4.5 Excitations in ferromagnetic metals; 4.5.1 Single-particle excitations; 4.5.2 Electron-hole pairs; 4.5.3 Magnons; 4.5.4 Magnon spectrum; Exercises; Solutions; 5 Superconductivity; 5.1 Attractive interaction and Cooper pairs 5.1.1 Trial wave function5.1.2 Nambu boxes; 5.2 Energy; 5.2.1 Energy minimization; 5.3 Particles and quasiparticles; 5.4 Broken symmetry; Exercises; Solutions; 6 Superfluidity; 6.1 Non-interacting Bose gas; 6.2 Field theory for interacting Bose gas; 6.2.1 Hamiltonian and Heisenberg equation; 6.3 The condensate; 6.3.1 Broken symmetry; 6.4 Excitations as oscillations; 6.4.1 Particles and quasiparticles; 6.5 Topological excitations; 6.5.1 Vortices; 6.5.2 Vortices as quantum states; 6.5.3 Vortex lines; Exercises; Solutions; PART III FIELDS AND RADIATION; 7 Classical fields 7.1 Chain of coupled oscillators7.2 Continuous elastic string; 7.2.1 Hamiltonian and equation of motion; 7.2.2 Solution of the equation of motion; 7.2.3 The elastic string as a set of oscillators; 7.3 Classical electromagnetic field; 7.3.1 Maxwell equations; 7.3.2 Useful relations; 7.3.3 Vector and scalar potentials; 7.3.4 Gauges; 7.3.5 Electromagnetic field as a set of oscillators; 7.3.6 The LC-oscillator; Exercises; Solutions; 8 Quantization of fields; 8.1 Quantization of the mechanical oscillator; 8.1.1 Oscillator and oscillators; 8.2 The elastic string: phonons 8.3 Fluctuations of magnetization: magnons |
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Coming of age with quantum information : notes on a Paulian Idea : selected vorrespondence, 1995-2001 / / Christopher A. Fuchs [[electronic resource]]
| Coming of age with quantum information : notes on a Paulian Idea : selected vorrespondence, 1995-2001 / / Christopher A. Fuchs [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Fuchs Christopher A. <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (lv, 543 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 530.12 |
| Soggetto topico |
Physicists - Sweden
Quantum theory |
| ISBN |
1-107-21531-5
1-283-01712-1 9786613017123 0-511-76278-X 0-511-90883-0 0-511-90960-8 0-511-90680-3 0-511-90552-1 0-511-90809-1 |
| Classificazione | SCI057000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: 1. Letters to David Baker; 2. Letters to Howard Baker; 3. Letters to Howard Barnum; 4. Letters to Paul Benioff; 5. Letters to Charlie Bennett; 6. Letters to Herb Bernstein; 7. Letters to Doug Bilodeau; 8. Letters to Gilles Brassard; 9. Letters to Jeffrey Bub; 10. Letters to Carlton Caves; 11. Letters to Greg Comer; 12. Letters to Charles Enz; 13. Letters to Henry Folse; 14. Letters to Bob Griffiths; 15. Letters to Adrian Kent; 16. Letters to Rolf Landauer; 17. Letters to Hideo Mabuchi; 18. Letters to David Mermin; 19. Letters to David Meyer; 20. Letters to Jeff Nicholson; 21. Letters to Michael Nielsen; 22. Letters to Asher Peres; 23. Diary of a carefully worded paper: more letters to Asher Peres; 24. Letters to John Preskill; 25. Letters to Joseph Renes; 26. Letters to Mary Beth Ruskai; 27. Letters to Rüdiger Schack; 28. Letters to Robert Schumann; 29. Letters to Abner Shimony; 30. Letters to Jon Waskan; 31. Letters to Bill Wootters; 32. Letters to Anton Zeilinger; 33. Other letters; Index. |
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Coming of age with quantum information : notes on a Paulian Idea : selected vorrespondence, 1995-2001 / / Christopher A. Fuchs [[electronic resource]]
| Coming of age with quantum information : notes on a Paulian Idea : selected vorrespondence, 1995-2001 / / Christopher A. Fuchs [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Fuchs Christopher A. <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (lv, 543 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 530.12 |
| Soggetto topico |
Physicists - Sweden
Quantum theory |
| ISBN |
1-107-21531-5
1-283-01712-1 9786613017123 0-511-76278-X 0-511-90883-0 0-511-90960-8 0-511-90680-3 0-511-90552-1 0-511-90809-1 |
| Classificazione | SCI057000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: 1. Letters to David Baker; 2. Letters to Howard Baker; 3. Letters to Howard Barnum; 4. Letters to Paul Benioff; 5. Letters to Charlie Bennett; 6. Letters to Herb Bernstein; 7. Letters to Doug Bilodeau; 8. Letters to Gilles Brassard; 9. Letters to Jeffrey Bub; 10. Letters to Carlton Caves; 11. Letters to Greg Comer; 12. Letters to Charles Enz; 13. Letters to Henry Folse; 14. Letters to Bob Griffiths; 15. Letters to Adrian Kent; 16. Letters to Rolf Landauer; 17. Letters to Hideo Mabuchi; 18. Letters to David Mermin; 19. Letters to David Meyer; 20. Letters to Jeff Nicholson; 21. Letters to Michael Nielsen; 22. Letters to Asher Peres; 23. Diary of a carefully worded paper: more letters to Asher Peres; 24. Letters to John Preskill; 25. Letters to Joseph Renes; 26. Letters to Mary Beth Ruskai; 27. Letters to Rüdiger Schack; 28. Letters to Robert Schumann; 29. Letters to Abner Shimony; 30. Letters to Jon Waskan; 31. Letters to Bill Wootters; 32. Letters to Anton Zeilinger; 33. Other letters; Index. |
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Do we really understand quantum mechanics? / / Franck Laloë [[electronic resource]]
| Do we really understand quantum mechanics? / / Franck Laloë [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Laloë Franck <1940-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 392 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 530.12 |
| Soggetto topico |
Quantum theory
Science - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-316-08998-3
1-139-56471-4 1-283-61066-3 9786613923110 1-139-55117-5 1-139-55613-4 1-139-54992-8 1-139-55488-3 1-139-55243-0 1-139-17716-8 |
| Classificazione | SCI057000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Historical perspective; 2. Present situation, remaining conceptual difficulties; 3. The theorem of Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen; 4. Bell theorem; 5. More theorems; 6. Quantum entanglement; 7. Applications of quantum entanglement; 8. Quantum measurement; 9. Experiments, quantum reduction seen in real time; 10. Various interpretations; 11 Annex : basic mathematical tools of quantum mechanics. |
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Do we really understand quantum mechanics? / / Franck Laloë [[electronic resource]]
| Do we really understand quantum mechanics? / / Franck Laloë [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Laloë Franck <1940-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 392 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 530.12 |
| Soggetto topico |
Quantum theory
Science - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-316-08998-3
1-139-56471-4 1-283-61066-3 9786613923110 1-139-55117-5 1-139-55613-4 1-139-54992-8 1-139-55488-3 1-139-55243-0 1-139-17716-8 |
| Classificazione | SCI057000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Historical perspective; 2. Present situation, remaining conceptual difficulties; 3. The theorem of Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen; 4. Bell theorem; 5. More theorems; 6. Quantum entanglement; 7. Applications of quantum entanglement; 8. Quantum measurement; 9. Experiments, quantum reduction seen in real time; 10. Various interpretations; 11 Annex : basic mathematical tools of quantum mechanics. |
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Exploring quantum physics through hands-on projects [[electronic resource] /] / David Prutchi and Shanni R. Prutchi
| Exploring quantum physics through hands-on projects [[electronic resource] /] / David Prutchi and Shanni R. Prutchi |
| Autore | Prutchi David |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 261 p. ) |
| Disciplina | 535.15 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PrutchiShanni R |
| Soggetto topico |
Quantum theory
Quantum theory - Experiments Science projects |
| ISBN |
1-280-58880-2
1-118-17070-9 1-118-17068-7 1-118-17071-7 |
| Classificazione | SCI057000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
EXPLORING QUANTUM PHYSICS THROUGH HANDS-ON PROJECTS; Introduction; Prologue; Important Disclaimer and Warnings; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; 1 LIGHT AS AWAVE; Newton's View: Light Consists of Particles; Young's Interference of Light; Automatic Scanning of Interference Patterns; The Final Nail in the Coffin for Newton's Theory of Light; Light as an Electromagnetic Wave; Polarization; Optics with 3-cm Wavelength "Light"; Real-World Behaviors; Double-Slit Interference with Microwaves; The Doppler Effect; Experiments and Questions; 2 LIGHT AS PARTICLES
The Seed of Quantum Physics: Planck's FormulaThe Photoelectric Effect; Can we Detect Individual Photons?; Low-Cost PMT Power Supplies; Listening to Individual Photons; Where does this Leave Us?; Experiments and Questions; 3 ATOMS AND RADIOACTIVITY; The Need for Vacuum; The Mechanical Vacuum Pump; The Vacuum Gauge; A Very-High-Voltage Power Supply; A Vacuum Tube Lego® Set; Phosphor Screens; The Electron Gun; The Discovery of the Electron; Cathode-Ray Tubes; Thomson's First 1897 Experiment-Negative Charge and Rays are Joined Together Thomson's Second Experiment-Electrostatic Deflection of Cathode RaysThomson and the Modern CRT; Thomson's Third Experiment-Mass-to-Charge Ratio of the Electron; Measuring e/m with our CRT; A Magical Measurement of e/m; Thomson's "Plum Pudding" Model of the Atom; Geiger-Müller Counter; a, ß, and ?; The Nature of Beta Radiation; The Ionizing Power of Alpha; What are Alpha Particles?; Rutherford's Alpha-Scattering Experiment; Rutherford's Planetary Model of the Atom; Experiments and Questions; 4 THE PRINCIPLE OF QUANTUM PHYSICS; Emission Spectroscopy; Bohr's Spark of Genius Orbitals and Not OrbitsQuantization-The Core of Quantum Physics; Experiments and Questions; 5 WAVE-PARTICLE DUALITY; Gamma-Ray Spectrum Analysis; What is the Nature of Light?; Two-Slit Interference with Single Photons; Imaging Single Photons; The Answer: Complementarity; Matter Waves; Matter Waves and the Bohr Atom; Experimental Confirmation of De Broglie's Matter Waves; Two-Slit Interference with Single Electrons; A Simple TEM; Blurring the Line Between Quantum and Classical; Particle-Wave Duality in the Macroscopic World; Experiments and Questions; 6 THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE; Wavefunctions The Uncertainty PrincipleExperimental Demonstration of the Uncertainty Principle; Time-Energy Uncertainty; Fourier Analysis; Bye, Bye Clockwork Universe; Experiments and Questions; 7 SCHRÖDINGER (AND HIS ZOMBIE CAT); Real-World Particle in a Box; Quantum Tunneling; Quantum Tunneling Time; Many-Worlds Interpretation; Schrödinger's Cat in the Lab; Beam Splitters; Who Rolls the Dice?; The Mach-Zehnder Interferometer; "Which-Way" Experiments; The Quantum Eraser; Experiments and Questions; 8 ENTANGLEMENT; Bell's Inequalities; An Entangled-Photon Source; Detecting Entangled Photons High-Purity Single-Photon Source |
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Prutchi David
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| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Exploring quantum physics through hands-on projects [[electronic resource] /] / David Prutchi and Shanni R. Prutchi
| Exploring quantum physics through hands-on projects [[electronic resource] /] / David Prutchi and Shanni R. Prutchi |
| Autore | Prutchi David |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 261 p. ) |
| Disciplina | 535.15 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PrutchiShanni R |
| Soggetto topico |
Quantum theory
Quantum theory - Experiments Science projects |
| ISBN |
1-280-58880-2
1-118-17070-9 1-118-17068-7 1-118-17071-7 |
| Classificazione | SCI057000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
EXPLORING QUANTUM PHYSICS THROUGH HANDS-ON PROJECTS; Introduction; Prologue; Important Disclaimer and Warnings; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; 1 LIGHT AS AWAVE; Newton's View: Light Consists of Particles; Young's Interference of Light; Automatic Scanning of Interference Patterns; The Final Nail in the Coffin for Newton's Theory of Light; Light as an Electromagnetic Wave; Polarization; Optics with 3-cm Wavelength "Light"; Real-World Behaviors; Double-Slit Interference with Microwaves; The Doppler Effect; Experiments and Questions; 2 LIGHT AS PARTICLES
The Seed of Quantum Physics: Planck's FormulaThe Photoelectric Effect; Can we Detect Individual Photons?; Low-Cost PMT Power Supplies; Listening to Individual Photons; Where does this Leave Us?; Experiments and Questions; 3 ATOMS AND RADIOACTIVITY; The Need for Vacuum; The Mechanical Vacuum Pump; The Vacuum Gauge; A Very-High-Voltage Power Supply; A Vacuum Tube Lego® Set; Phosphor Screens; The Electron Gun; The Discovery of the Electron; Cathode-Ray Tubes; Thomson's First 1897 Experiment-Negative Charge and Rays are Joined Together Thomson's Second Experiment-Electrostatic Deflection of Cathode RaysThomson and the Modern CRT; Thomson's Third Experiment-Mass-to-Charge Ratio of the Electron; Measuring e/m with our CRT; A Magical Measurement of e/m; Thomson's "Plum Pudding" Model of the Atom; Geiger-Müller Counter; a, ß, and ?; The Nature of Beta Radiation; The Ionizing Power of Alpha; What are Alpha Particles?; Rutherford's Alpha-Scattering Experiment; Rutherford's Planetary Model of the Atom; Experiments and Questions; 4 THE PRINCIPLE OF QUANTUM PHYSICS; Emission Spectroscopy; Bohr's Spark of Genius Orbitals and Not OrbitsQuantization-The Core of Quantum Physics; Experiments and Questions; 5 WAVE-PARTICLE DUALITY; Gamma-Ray Spectrum Analysis; What is the Nature of Light?; Two-Slit Interference with Single Photons; Imaging Single Photons; The Answer: Complementarity; Matter Waves; Matter Waves and the Bohr Atom; Experimental Confirmation of De Broglie's Matter Waves; Two-Slit Interference with Single Electrons; A Simple TEM; Blurring the Line Between Quantum and Classical; Particle-Wave Duality in the Macroscopic World; Experiments and Questions; 6 THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE; Wavefunctions The Uncertainty PrincipleExperimental Demonstration of the Uncertainty Principle; Time-Energy Uncertainty; Fourier Analysis; Bye, Bye Clockwork Universe; Experiments and Questions; 7 SCHRÖDINGER (AND HIS ZOMBIE CAT); Real-World Particle in a Box; Quantum Tunneling; Quantum Tunneling Time; Many-Worlds Interpretation; Schrödinger's Cat in the Lab; Beam Splitters; Who Rolls the Dice?; The Mach-Zehnder Interferometer; "Which-Way" Experiments; The Quantum Eraser; Experiments and Questions; 8 ENTANGLEMENT; Bell's Inequalities; An Entangled-Photon Source; Detecting Entangled Photons High-Purity Single-Photon Source |
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Prutchi David
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| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Exploring quantum physics through hands-on projects / / David Prutchi and Shanni R. Prutchi
| Exploring quantum physics through hands-on projects / / David Prutchi and Shanni R. Prutchi |
| Autore | Prutchi David |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 261 p. ) |
| Disciplina | 535.15 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PrutchiShanni R |
| Soggetto topico |
Quantum theory
Quantum theory - Experiments Science projects |
| ISBN |
1-280-58880-2
1-118-17070-9 1-118-17068-7 1-118-17071-7 |
| Classificazione | SCI057000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
EXPLORING QUANTUM PHYSICS THROUGH HANDS-ON PROJECTS; Introduction; Prologue; Important Disclaimer and Warnings; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; 1 LIGHT AS AWAVE; Newton's View: Light Consists of Particles; Young's Interference of Light; Automatic Scanning of Interference Patterns; The Final Nail in the Coffin for Newton's Theory of Light; Light as an Electromagnetic Wave; Polarization; Optics with 3-cm Wavelength "Light"; Real-World Behaviors; Double-Slit Interference with Microwaves; The Doppler Effect; Experiments and Questions; 2 LIGHT AS PARTICLES
The Seed of Quantum Physics: Planck's FormulaThe Photoelectric Effect; Can we Detect Individual Photons?; Low-Cost PMT Power Supplies; Listening to Individual Photons; Where does this Leave Us?; Experiments and Questions; 3 ATOMS AND RADIOACTIVITY; The Need for Vacuum; The Mechanical Vacuum Pump; The Vacuum Gauge; A Very-High-Voltage Power Supply; A Vacuum Tube Lego® Set; Phosphor Screens; The Electron Gun; The Discovery of the Electron; Cathode-Ray Tubes; Thomson's First 1897 Experiment-Negative Charge and Rays are Joined Together Thomson's Second Experiment-Electrostatic Deflection of Cathode RaysThomson and the Modern CRT; Thomson's Third Experiment-Mass-to-Charge Ratio of the Electron; Measuring e/m with our CRT; A Magical Measurement of e/m; Thomson's "Plum Pudding" Model of the Atom; Geiger-Müller Counter; a, ß, and ?; The Nature of Beta Radiation; The Ionizing Power of Alpha; What are Alpha Particles?; Rutherford's Alpha-Scattering Experiment; Rutherford's Planetary Model of the Atom; Experiments and Questions; 4 THE PRINCIPLE OF QUANTUM PHYSICS; Emission Spectroscopy; Bohr's Spark of Genius Orbitals and Not OrbitsQuantization-The Core of Quantum Physics; Experiments and Questions; 5 WAVE-PARTICLE DUALITY; Gamma-Ray Spectrum Analysis; What is the Nature of Light?; Two-Slit Interference with Single Photons; Imaging Single Photons; The Answer: Complementarity; Matter Waves; Matter Waves and the Bohr Atom; Experimental Confirmation of De Broglie's Matter Waves; Two-Slit Interference with Single Electrons; A Simple TEM; Blurring the Line Between Quantum and Classical; Particle-Wave Duality in the Macroscopic World; Experiments and Questions; 6 THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE; Wavefunctions The Uncertainty PrincipleExperimental Demonstration of the Uncertainty Principle; Time-Energy Uncertainty; Fourier Analysis; Bye, Bye Clockwork Universe; Experiments and Questions; 7 SCHRÖDINGER (AND HIS ZOMBIE CAT); Real-World Particle in a Box; Quantum Tunneling; Quantum Tunneling Time; Many-Worlds Interpretation; Schrödinger's Cat in the Lab; Beam Splitters; Who Rolls the Dice?; The Mach-Zehnder Interferometer; "Which-Way" Experiments; The Quantum Eraser; Experiments and Questions; 8 ENTANGLEMENT; Bell's Inequalities; An Entangled-Photon Source; Detecting Entangled Photons High-Purity Single-Photon Source |
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Non-Hermitian quantum mechanics / / Nimrod Moiseyev [[electronic resource]]
| Non-Hermitian quantum mechanics / / Nimrod Moiseyev [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Moiseyev Nimrod <1947-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 394 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 530.12 |
| Soggetto topico |
Quantum theory - Mathematics
Hermitian structures Resonance Hermitian symmetric spaces |
| ISBN |
1-107-21939-6
1-282-99437-9 9786612994371 0-511-99212-2 0-511-99315-3 0-511-98933-4 0-511-98755-2 0-511-97618-6 0-511-99114-2 |
| Classificazione | SCI057000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Different formulations of quantum mechanics -- 2. Resonance phenomena in nature -- 3. Resonances from Hermitian quantum mechanics calculations -- 4. Resonances from non-Hermitian quantum mechanics calculations -- 5. Square integrable resonance wavefunctions -- 6. Bi-orthogonal product (C-product) -- 7. The properties of the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian -- 8. Non-Hermitian scattering theory -- 9. The self-orthogonality phenomenon -- 10. The point where QM branches into two formalisms. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785692603321 |
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