Quantum Processes Systems, and Information

ISBN-13: 9780521875349 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 482 str.

Benjamin Schumacher; Michael Westmoreland

Opis

A new and exciting approach to the basics of quantum theory for undergraduate courses.

Recenzje

'A bright undergraduate would get a tremendous grounding in modern quantum theory from reading this book, and solving the problems therein. So would many postgraduate students and academics wanting to get into the heart of quantum information research.' Howard M. Wiseman, Quantum Information Processing

Spis treści

1. Bits and quanta; 2. Qubits; 3. States and observables; 4. Distinguishability and information; 5. Quantum dynamics; 6. Entanglement; 7. Information and ebits; 8. Density operators; 9. Open systems; 10. A particle in space; 11. Dynamics of a free particle; 12. Spin and rotation; 13. Ladder systems; 14. Many particles; 15. Stationary states in 1-D; 16. Bound states in 3-D; 17. Perturbation theory; 18. Quantum information processing; 19. Classical and quantum entropy; 20. Error correction; Appendixes; Index.