A mysterious universe: quantum mechanics, relativity, and cosmology for everyone
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Contents 1. Introduction 1 PART 1 HISTORICAL 2. Newtonian mechanics and the deterministic world 2.1 Newton and the laws of motion 2.2 Failures of Newtonian mechanics 3. Quantum mechanics is born 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Max Planck and blackbody radiation Einstein and the photoelectric effect Niels Bohr and the hydrogen atom Particles behave like waves—de Broglie Birth of quantum mechanics Why we do not see quantum effects in everyday life? 4. What is light? 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Greeks and antiquity Alhazen: End of extramission theory From Johannes Kepler to Isaac Newton Isaac Newton and corpuscular nature of light Thomas Young and Youngs double-slit experiment James Clerk Maxwell: Electromagnetic waves Albert Einstein and wave-particle duality 5. What does an atom look like? 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 From Democritus to John Dalton Thomsons model of the atom Rutherford discovers the nucleus Bohrs model The quantum mechanical picture The nucleus and the forces of nature Electromagnetic force 7 8 13 15 16 21 25 26 28 29 32 33 36 38 40 42 47 49 50 51 52 53 56 59 62 64
xii CONTENTS 66 68 5.8 Weak nuclear force 5.9 Strong nuclear force PART 2 MYSTERIES OF QUANTUM MECHANICS 6. A single photon—An amazing quantum system 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 A heuristic example: “Quantum needle” Polarized photon Quantum cryptography Bennett-Brassad-84 (BB-84) protocol Quantum money 7. Does God play dice? 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Two-state examples Hidden variables Schrödinger equation End of determinism Schrödinger vs Newton 8. An uncertain world! 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 What does a wavefunction look like? Heisenberg uncertainty relation Measurement disturbs the system Bohr’s principle of complementarity Can we clone quantum systems? 9. Vacuum is not “nothing” 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Quantum vacuum Spontaneous emission Lamb shift Casimir force Can we extract photons from the vacuum? 10. Wave-particle duality 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Young’s double-slit experiment for waves and particles Young’s double-slit experiment with electrons Einstein-Bohr debate Delayed choice and quantum eraser Interaction-free measurement Counterfactual quantum communication 71 71 75 78 83 87 90 91 92 93 95 97 101 103 105 109 110 Ill 114 115 116 117 118 121 124 126 130 135 138 144 147
CONTENTS 11. Schrödinger’s cat and entanglement 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 Coherent superposition of states Schrödingers cat paradox Quantum entanglement Quantum teleportation Quantum computing Shor’s algorithm Quantum shell game 12. Is reality really real? xiii 154 155 157 160 162 164 168 170 173 Reality and locality Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox Bohr’s reply Bell’s inequality 175 176 181 184 13. Single universe or multiple universes 190 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Quantum measurement problem Copenhagen interpretation Role of consciousness—Wigner’s friend Many-worlds interpretation 191 196 197 201 PART3 RELATIVITY AND COSMOLOGY 14. Stellar objects 14.1 Galaxies 14.2 Life of a star 14.3 Neutron stars and pulsars 15. Einstein’s special theory of relativity 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 Speed of light Michelson-Morley experiment Simultaneity Time dilation and length contraction Paradoxes Energy and mass are interconvertible, E = me2 Ultimate speed in the universe Can we violate causality? 205 207 209 213 216 218 220 223 226 232 235 238 240
XÎV CONTENTS 16. General theory of relativity 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8 16.9 Equivalence principle Curved space and time Why does an object fall on earth? Embedding diagrams Bending of light: Newton vs Einstein Gravitational lens Precession of the perihelion of Mercury Gravitational red shift Gravitational waves 17. Black holes 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 245 248 254 257 260 262 265 267 268 271 General theory of relativity and black holes How is a black hole formed? Evaporation of black holes Rotating black holes and the possibility of time travel 18. Big bang—Birth of the universe 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 18.8 243 Expansion of the universe How old is the universe? Cosmic microwave background radiation Big bang: The first second Stars, galaxies, and planets are formed Shape of the universe Inflationary universe Unanswered questions 273 277 279 281 285 286 290 291 295 298 302 307 311 19. Dark matter and dark energy 313 19.1 Dark matter 19.2 Search for dark matter 19.3 Dark energy 314 317 319 PART 4 EPILOGUE 20. Dreams of the future 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 Quantum gravity What is life? Free will and the laws of nature Why is the universe just right for life? Bibliography Index 325 326 328 329 330 332 338 |
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