Benjamin Schumacher (Ohio Kenyon College), Michael Westmoreland (Ohio Denison University)

Quantum Processes Systems, and Information

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A new and exciting approach to the basics of quantum theory, this undergraduate textbook contains extensive discussions of conceptual puzzles and over 800 exercises and problems. In addition to the standard topics covered in other textbooks, it covers communication and measurement, quantum entanglement, entropy and thermodynamics, and quantum information processing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 482
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1210g
• ISBN-13: 9780521875349
• ISBN-10: 052187534X
• Artikelnr.: 29210366

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Schumacher is Professor of Physics at Kenyon College. He coined the term 'qubit' and invented quantum data compression, among other contributions to quantum information theory.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Bits and quanta; 2. Qubits; 3. States and observables; 4. Distinguishability and information; 5. Quantum dynamics; 6. Entanglement; 7. Information and ebits; 8. Density operators; 9. Open systems; 10. A particle in space; 11. Dynamics of a free particle; 12. Spin and rotation; 13. Ladder systems; 14. Many particles; 15. Stationary states in 1-D; 16. Bound states in 3-D; 17. Perturbation theory; 18. Quantum information processing; 19. Classical and quantum entropy; 20. Error correction; Appendixes; Index.

Rezensionen

'This is a fantastic book, with one of the authors no less than the very inventor of the word and idea of a qubit. When I opened the book for the first time, I found I couldn't stop reading through it and working out some of the problems. ... There's no book out there I would recommend more for learning the mechanics of this quantum world.' Chris Fuchs, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics