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Quantum Physics in the Nanoworld: Schrödinger's Cat and the Dwarfs

By Hans Lüth (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2013
ISBN
978-3-642-31237-3, 978-3-642-31238-0
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-31238-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6664292 bytes)
Series
Graduate Texts in Physics
Edition
1
Pages
466\472
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
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Description

The book deals with all essential aspects of non-relativistic quantum physics up to the quantization of fields. In contrast to common textbooks of quantum mechanics, modern experiments are described both for the purpose of foundation of the theory and in relation to recent applications. In this respect applications to nano-electronics as well as the realization of quantum-bits are presented and discussed. Furthermore, links are made to other important research fields and applications, such as elementary particle physics, solid state physics and nuclear magnetic resonance tomography in medicine. Even though the representation of the topics is largely performed in terms of Dirac´s bra-ket notation and by use of commutator algebra, the concrete description of the physical basis and the corresponding theoretical concepts are emphasized. Because of little requirement of complex mathematics, the book is suitable as an introduction into quantum physics, not only for physicists but also for chemists, biologists, engineers, computer scientists and even for philosophers as far as they are interested in natural philosophy and epistomology.

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