Full Description
This textbook presents problems with detailed solutions showing how to apply quantum theory to modern physics. The text is divided in three parts, the first dealing with elementary particles, nuclei and atoms, the second presents quantum entanglement and measurement. Finally complex systems are examinated in depth. The aim of the text is to guide the student towards applying quantum mechanics to research problems. Advanced undergraduates and graduate students will find a rich and challenging source for improving their skills.
This new edition has been extended with sections on neutrino oscillations, quantized vortices in Bose-Einstein condensates, quantum correlations in multi-particle systems, Bloch oscillations in periodic lattices and non-destructive quantum measurements.
Contents
Part I Elementary Particles, Nuclei and Atoms.- 1 Matter-wave Interferences with Molecules.- 2 Neutron Interferometry.- 3 Analysis of a Stern-Gerlach Experiment.- 4 Spectroscopic Measurements on a Neutron Beam.- 5 Measuring the Electron Magnetic Moment Anomaly.- 6 Atomic Clocks.- 7 The Spectrum of Positronium.- 8 Neutrino Transformations in the Sun.- 9 The Hydrogen Atom in Crossed Fields.- 10 Energy Loss of Ions in Matter.- Part II Quantum Entanglement and Measurement.- 11 The EPR Problem and Bell's Inequality.- 12 Quantum Correlations in a Multi-Particle System.- 13 A Non-Destructive Bomb Detector.- 14 Direct Observation of Field Quantization.- 15 Schrödinger's Cat.- 16 Quantum Cryptography.- 17 Ideal Quantum Measurement.- 18 The Quantum Eraser.- 19 A Quantum Thermometer.- 20 Laser Cooling and Trapping.- Part III Complex Systems.- 21 Exact Results for the Three-Body Problem.- 22 Properties of a Bose-Einstein Condensate.- 23 Quantized Vortices.- 24 Motion in a Periodic Potential and Bloch Oscillations.- 25 Magnetic Excitons.- 26 A Quantum Box.- 27 Colored Molecular Ions.- 28 Hyperfine Structure in Electron Spin Resonance.- 29 Probing Matter with Positive Muons.- 30 Quantum Reflection of Atoms from a Surface.- Part IV Appendix.- 31 Memento of Quantum Mechanics.
