Localizability and Space in Quantum Physics

Localizability and Space in Quantum Physics by Henri Bacry.

This book discusses in detail the concept of light quanta (photons) and presents a historical survey of the ideas involved. It analyses critically the principles of complementarity and correspondence as well as the quantization procedure. The work of Wigner, Newton and Wightman on localized states i...

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Main Author: Bacry, Henri (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1988.
Edition:1st ed. 1988.
Series:Lecture Notes in Physics, 308
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Quantum physics.
Quantum computers.
Spintronics.
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Summary:This book discusses in detail the concept of light quanta (photons) and presents a historical survey of the ideas involved. It analyses critically the principles of complementarity and correspondence as well as the quantization procedure. The work of Wigner, Newton and Wightman on localized states is discussed. The author presents many new ideas and gives a new way of defining the position operator. He invites physicists to look in new directions and aims to convince the reader that light quanta are not compatible with our present concept of space in quantum physics. The book should be of interest to students as well as to researchers in modern physics and should revive the discussion of the foundations of modern physics.
Physical Description:VII, 84 p. online resource.
ISBN:9783540459088
ISSN:0075-8450 ;
DOI:10.1007/BFb0019319

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