With explicit derivations, exercises, and selected solutions, this self-contained, classroom-tested book examines the theoretical aspects of quantum computing and focuses on several candidates of a working quantum computer, evaluating them according to the DiVincenzo criteria. It covers theoretical tools, such as vectors, matrices, quantum gates, and integral and Fourier transforms. The authors discuss how decoherence is an obstacle to the physical realization of a working quantum computer and how quantum error-correcting codes can sometimes overcome this. They also explore applications,...

The aim of the 2nd International Workshop on Neutrino Oscillations and their Origin was to put together the efforts from various fields necessary for understanding neutrino oscillations in detail, from both experimental and theoretical points of view. One of the main experimental issues was to understand the absolute flux of both the atmospheric and the solar neutrinos in order to obtain detailed parameter information on neutrino oscillations. This volume of proceedings contains many discussions on phenomenology and theories about neutrino mass and oscillations. The topics include: solar...

A volume of papers from the 2nd International Workshop on Low Energy Solar Neutrino Detection. It presents discussions on the technical aspect of the detection of low energy solar neutrinos. Most of the problems relating to experiments aiming to measure low energy solar neutrinos are covered.