A First Introduction to Quantum Physics by Pieter Kok.

In this undergraduate textbook, the author develops the quantum theory from first principles based on very simple experiments: a photon travelling through beam splitters to detectors, an electron moving through a Stern-Gerlach machine, and an atom emitting radiation. From the physical description of...

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Main Author: Kok, Pieter (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
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505 0 |a Chapter 1: Three simple experiments -- The purpose of physical theories -- A laser and a detector -- A laser and a beam splitter -- A Mach-Zehnder interferometer -- The breakdown of classical concepts -- Chapter 2: Photons and Interference -- Photon paths and superpositions -- The beam splitter as a matrix -- The phase in an interferometer -- How to calculate probabilities -- Gravitational wave detection -- Chapter 3: Electrons with Spin -- The Stern-Gerlach experiment -- The spin observable -- The Bloch sphere -- The uncertainty principle -- Magnetic resonance imaging -- Chapter 4: Atoms and Energy -- The energy spectrum of atoms -- Changes over time -- The Hamiltonian -- Interactions -- Atomic clocks -- Chapter 5: Operators -- Eigenvalue problems -- Observables -- Evolution -- The commutator -- Projectors -- Chapter 6: Entanglement -- The state of two electrons -- Entanglement -- Quantum teleportation -- Quantum computers -- Chapter 7: Decoherence -- Classical and quantum uncertainty -- The density matrix -- Interactions with the environment -- Entropy and Landauer’s principle -- Chapter 8: The Motion of Particles -- A particle in a box -- The momentum of a particle -- The energy of a particle -- The scanning tunneling microscope -- Chemistry -- Chapter 9: Uncertainty Relations -- Quantum uncertainty revisited -- Position-momentum uncertainty -- The energy-time uncertainty relation -- The quantum mechanical pendulum -- Precision measurements -- Chapter 10: The Nature of Reality -- The emergent classical world -- The quantum state revisited -- Nonlocality -- Contextuality -- A compendium of interpretations. 
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