Название: A First Introduction to Quantum Physics, 2nd edition
Автор: Pieter Kok
Издательство: Springer
Серия: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
Год: 2023
Страниц: 304
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub
Размер: 25,6 MB
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.