Gennaro Auletta (Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana), Mauro Fortunato, Giorgio Parisi (Italy Universita degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'

Quantum Mechanics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A strong narrative and over 300 worked problems and proofs lead the student from experiment, through general principles of the theory, to modern applications. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students will benefit from this perspective on the fundamental physical paradigm and its applications.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 760
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1592g
• ISBN-13: 9781107665897
• ISBN-10: 1107665892
• Artikelnr.: 39633828

Autorenporträt

Gennaro Auletta is Scientific Director of Science and Philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. His main areas of research are quantum mechanics, logic, cognitive sciences, information theory and applications to biological systems.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Basic Features of Quantum Mechanics: 1. From classical mechanics to quantum mechanics
2. Quantum observable and states
3. Quantum dynamics
4. Examples of quantum dynamics
5. Density matrix
Part II. More Advanced Topics: 6. Angular momentum and spin
7. Identical particles
8. Symmetries and conservation laws
9. The measurement problem
Part III. Matter and Light: 10. Perturbations and approximation methods
11. Hydrogen and helium atoms
12. Hydrogen molecular ion
13. Quantum optics
Part IV. Quantum Information: State and Correlations: 14. Quantum theory of open systems
15. State measurement in quantum mechanics
16. Entanglement: non-separability
17. Entanglement: quantum information
References
Index.