The Physics of Atoms and Quanta: Introduction to Experiments and Theory (Advanced Texts in Physics) - Hardcover

Haken, Hermann; Wolf, Hans Christoph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540208070 ISBN 13: 9783540208075

Verlag: Springer, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

The highly positive affirmation and wide reception that this book continues to receive from professors and students ahke is the occasion for this 7th edition. Once again we have included a number of valuable suggestions for improvements, which we address as appropriate. In addition, we refer to a number of developments in atomic physics. Of these new developments in regard to exotic atoms, we mention antihydrogen in par­ ticular, because fundamental experiments in matter and antimatter can be expected in the future. Furthermore, we have inserted a chapter on the behaviour of atoms in strong elec­ trical fields. Experiments with corresponding lasers could only recently be realized. We thank our Jenaer colleague, R. Sauerbrey, for his contribution of this chapter. We have also included a new chapter on the behaviour of the hydrogen atom in strong magnetic fields. The results are of profound interest for two very different fields of physics: on the one hand, according to classical physics, one expects chaotic behaviour from Rydberg atoms in magnetic fields that can be created in the laborato­ ry; thus, an association can be drawn to aspects of chaos theory and the problems of quantum chaos. On the other hand, the very strong fields necessary for low quantum numbers are realized in the cosmos, in particular with white dwarfs and neutron stars.

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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hermann Haken arbeitet an Anwendungen der Synergetik auf Gehirnvorgänge. Prof. emer. Dr. Peter J. Plath war an der Universität Bremen und ist Gastprofessor am Fritz-Haber-Institut. Prof. emer. Dr. Werner Ebeling war an der Humboldt-Universität Berlin und ist Gründer des heutigen Bereiches Statistische Physik und nichtlineare Dynamik. Prof. Dr. Yuri M. Romanovsky ist in Lehre und Forschung an der Physikalischen Fakultät der Moskauer Staatlichen Lomonossov-Universität tätig.

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The Physics of Atoms and Quanta is a thorough introduction to experiments and theory in this field. Every classical and modern aspect is included and discussed in detail. The new edition is completely revised, new sections on atoms in strong electric fields and high magnetic fields complete the comprehensive coverage of all topics related to atoms and quanta.

All new developments, such as new experiments on quantum entanglement, the quantum computer, quantum information, the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradoxon, Bell's inequality, Schrödinger's cat, decoherence, Bose-Einstein-Condensation and the atom laser are discussed. Over 170 problems and their solutions help deepen the insight in this subject area and make this book a real study text.

The second and more advanced book by the same authors entitled "Molecular Physics and Elements of Quantum Chemistry" is the completion of this unique textbook.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3540208070
• ISBN 13: 9783540208075
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 540
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