Basdevant / Dalibard The Quantum Mechanics Solver

How to Apply Quantum Theory to Modern Physics
2000
ISBN: 978-3-662-04277-9
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 243 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Advanced Texts in Physics

The Quantum Mechanics Solver is unique as it illustrates the application of quantum mechanical concepts to various fields of modern physics. It aims at encouraging the reader to apply quantum mechanics to research problems in fields such as molecular physics, condensed matter physics or laser physics. Advanced undergraduates and graduate students will find a rich and challenging source of material for further exploration.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Basdevant, Jean-Louis

Dalibard, Jean

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Colored Centers in Ionic Crystals.- 2. Unstable Diatomic Molecule.- 3. Neutrino Oscillations.- 4. Colored Molecular Ions.- 5. Schrödinger’s Cat.- 6. Direct Observation of Field Quantization.- 7. Decay of a Tritium Atom.- 8. The Hydrogen Atom in Crossed Fields.- 9. Exact Results for the Three-Body Problem.- 10. Analysis of a Stern—Gerlach Experiment.- 11. Measuring the Electron Magnetic Moment Anomaly.- 12. Neutron Interferometry.- 13. The Penning Trap.- 14. Quantum Cryptography.- 15. Hidden Variables and Bell’s Inequalities.- 16. Hyperfine Structure in Electron Spin Resonance.- 17. The Spectrum of Positronium.- 18. Magnetic Excitons.- 19. Probing Matter with Positive Muons.- 20. Spectroscopic Measurement on a Neutron Beam.- 21. The Quantum Eraser.- 22. Molecular Lasers.- 23. Energy Loss by Ions in Matter.- 24. Properties of a Bose—Einstein Condensate.- 25. Quantum Reflection of Atoms from a Surface.- 26. Laser Cooling and Trapping.- 27. Quantum Motion in a Periodic Potential.- Author Index.