Quantum Physics for Beginners

ISBN-13: 9789814669382 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 340 str.

Zbigniew Ficek

Opis

The textbook covers the background theory of various effects discussed from first principles, as clearly as possible, to introduce students to the main ideas of quantum physics and to teach the basic mathematical methods and techniques used in the fields of advanced quantum physics, atomic physics, laser physics, nanotechnology, quantum chemistry, and theoretical mathematics. Many of the predictions of quantum physics appear to be contrary to our intuitive perceptions, and the student will learn how it comes about that microscopic objects (particles) behave in unusual ways that are called quantum effects, what we mean by quantum, and where this idea came from. The textbook is supplemented with Problems and Solutions in Quantum Physics, which contains a wide range of tutorial problems from simple confidence builders to fairly challenging problems that provide adequate understanding of the basic concepts of quantum physics.

Spis treści

Radiation (Light) Is a Wave. Difficulties of the Wave Theory of Radiation. Black-Body Radiation. Planck’s Quantum Hypothesis: The Birth of the Quantum Theory. The Bohr Model. Duality of Light and Matter. Non-relativistic Schrodinger Equation. Applications of the Schrodinger Equation. Multidimensional Quantum Wells. Linear Operators and Their Algebra. Dirac Bra-Ket Notation. Matrix Representations. Spin Operators and Pauli Matrixes. Quantum Dynamics and Pictures. Quantum Harmonic Oscillator. Quantum Theory of Hydrogen Atom. Quantum Theory of Two-Coupled Particles. Time-Independent Perturbation Theory. Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory. Relativistic Schrodinger equation. Systems of Identical Particles.

O autorze

Zbigniew Ficek is professor of quantum optics and quantum information at the National Centre for Applied Physics, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia. He received his PhD from Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland, in 1985. He is particularly well known for his contributions to the fields of multi-atom effects, spectroscopy with squeezed light, quantum interference, multichromatic spectroscopy, and entanglement.