Quantum mechanics for thinkers:
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XIII, 486 S. Ill., graph. Darst. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 981441171X 9789814411714 9789814411721 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Foreword
xi
Introduction
1
Part
1
Basic Issues: States
1
Classical Mechanics
g
1.1
Classical-Mechanical Description
9
1.2
Basic Principle of Classical Mechanics
12
1.3
Summary
15
2
Superposition Principle
17
2.1
Origin and Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
17
2.2
Classical and Quantum Superposition
18
2.3
A Photon in an interferometer
20
2.4
Probability Amplitudes
24
2.5
Formulation of the Superposition Principle
26
2.6
Transmission, Reflection, and Phase Shift
27
2.7
Action of the Second Beam Splitter
33
2.8
Computing the Detection Probabilities
35
2.9
Summary
37
3
Quantum States as Vectors
39
3.1
Photon Polarization
39
3.2
Action of the Polarization Filter
40
3.3
Vector Spaces and Bases
42
3.4
Scalar Products and Brackets
44
3.5
Polarization Filters as Projectors
49
3.6
Projectors as Matrices
51
viii
I Contents
3.7
Action and Properties of Projectors
55
3.8
Summary
59
Bases and Operations
61
4.1
Corpuscular Nature of Light
61
4.2
Further Experimental Evidences
65
4.3
Quantization Principle
67
4.4
Quantum
Observables
in General
69
4.5
Different Bases and Superposition
72
4.6
Change of Basis as a Unitary Transformation
75
4.7
Not all Operations Commute
80
4.8
Features vs Properties
84
4.9
Summary
85
Complementarity Principle
87
5.1
Undulatory Nature of Matter
87
5.2
Interferometry
with a Blocked Path
88
5.3
Classical and Quantum Probability
90
5.4
Double Slit Experiment
93
5.5
Path Predictability and Interference Visibility
96
5.6
Delayed Choice Experiment
101
5.7
Summary
103
Part
U
Formal Issues:
Observables
Position and Momentum
107
6.1
Position Operator: Discrete Case
107
6.2
From Summation to Integration
110
6.3
Position Operator: Continuous Case
117
6.4
Derivatives: From Finite to Infinitesimal Quantities
123
6.5
Partial and Total Derivatives
132
6.6
Momentum as Generator of Space Translations
136
6.7
Momentum Representation
143
6.8
Commutation and Uncertainty Relations
147
6.9
Conceptual Aspects of the Uncertainty Relations
153
6.10
Summary
156
Energy and Quantum Dynamics
157
7.1
Hamiltonian and Classical Dynamics
157
Contents ix
7.2 Schrödinger
Equation
160
7.3 Time Evolution
as a Unitary Transformation
162
7.4
Active and Passive Transformations
166
7.5 Schrödinger
and
Heisenberg
Pictures
171
7.6
Free Particle
174
7.7
Harmonic Oscillator
178
7.8
Density Matrix
187
7.9
Composite Systems
192
7.10
Summary
198
8
Angular Momentum and Spin
201
8.1
Angular Momentum as Generator of Rotations
202
8.2
Angular Momentum Operator
207
8.3
Quantization of Angular Momentum
210
8.4
Angular Momentum Eigenfunctions
216
8.5
Central Potential and the Hydrogen Atom
223
8.6
Spin Angular Momentum
235
8.7
Addition of Angular Momenta
244
8.8
Identical Particles and Spin
248
8.9
Summary
253
Part III Ontological Issues: Properties
9
Measurement Problem
257
9.1
Statement of the Problem
257
9.2
Density Matrix and Projectors
260
9.3
Proj ection Postulate
262
9.4
Basis Ambiguity
266
9.5
Role of the Environment
269
9.6
Entropy and Information
271
9.7
Reversibility and Irreversibility
280
9.8
Schrödínger s
Cat
289
9.9
Summary
292
10
Non-Locality and Non-Separability
293
10.1
EPR Paper
293
10.2
Bohr s and
Schrödinger s
Criticism of EPR
300
10.3
EPR-Bohm Experiment
303
χ Ι
Contents
10.4
Bell Theorem
306
10.5
Entanglement Swapping
316
10.6 Eberhard
Theorem
319
10.7
Kochen-Specker Theorem
325
10.8
Summary
331
11
Quantum information
333
11.1
Nature
ofinformation
333
11.2
Information Accessibility
336
11.3
Potential Information
344
11.4
Quantum Computation
348
11.5
Quantum
Teleportation
364
11.6
Quantum Cryptography
369
11.7
Mutual Information and Entanglement
374
11.8
Information and Non-Separability
386
11.9
Summary
390
12
Interpretation
393
12.1
Information Acquisition
393
12.2
Bounds on Information Acquisition
400
12.3
Operations
408
12.4
Theoretical Entities
410
12.5
Fundamental Information Triad
413
12.6
Summary
416
Bibliography
417
Author index
433
Subject Index
43 7
Solutions to Selected Problems
445
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