Quantum Mechanics: Foundations and Applications: Foundations and Applications. With Mark Loewe (Theoretical and Mathematical Physics) - Softcover

Bohm, Arno

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0387953302 ISBN 13: 9780387953304

Verlag: Springer, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

This edition differs from the second chiefly in the addition of about tOO pages devoted to the quantum (or geometric, or Berry) phase, a subject that did not exist when this book was written. The changes in the remainder of the book consist of corrections of a small number of misprints. While it may seem that adding two chapters on the quantum phase is overemphasizing a currently fashionable subject, they actually complete the development of quantum theory as given in this book. We start with simple models, synthesizing them into complicated "molecules." With the new chap­ ters, we end with complicated "molecules," dividing them into simpler parts. This process of dividing a complex system into parts quite naturally gives rise to a gauge theory, of which the geometric phase is a manifestation - with consequences not only in theory, but observable in experiments. For this rea­ son, the geometric phase is not a mere fashion, but a discovery that will retain its importance forever and must be discussed in textbooks on quantum mechanics. I would like to acknowledge help and advice from Mark Loewe with the writing and also of the new part of the book. In addition, I would like to express my gratitude to J. Anandan, M. Berry, and C.A. Mead, who have read parts or all of the new material and have provided valuable advice.

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Professor Arno Bohm, Universtiy of Texas, Austin, IX, USA

Professor Piotr Kielanowski, CINEVESTAV, Mexico City, Mexico

Professor G. Bruce Mainland, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0387953302
• ISBN 13: 9780387953304
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 712
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