Understanding Quantum Mechanics (eBook)

Roland Omnes (Autor)

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2020
328 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22192-2 (ISBN)

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Here Roland Omnes offers a clear, up-to-date guide to the conceptual framework of quantum mechanics. In an area that has provoked much philosophical debate, Omnes has achieved high recognition for his Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (Princeton 1994), a book for specialists. Now the author has transformed his own theory into a short and readable text that enables beginning students and experienced physicists, mathematicians, and philosophers to form a comprehensive picture of the field while learning about the most recent advances. This new book presents a more streamlined version of the Copenhagen interpretation, showing its logical consistency and completeness. The problem of measurement is a major area of inquiry, with the author surveying its history from Planck to Heisenberg before describing the consistent-histories interpretation. He draws upon the most recent research on the decoherence effect (related to the modern resolution of the famous Schrodinger's cat problem) and an exact formulation of the correspondence between quantum and particle physics (implying a derivation of classical determinism from quantum probabilism). Interpretation is organized with the help of a universal and sound language using so-called consistent histories. As a language and a method, it can now be shown to be free of ambiguity and it makes interpretation much clearer and closer to common sense.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.12.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 27 line illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
• Schlagworte: Aharonov–Bohm effect • Alhassid, R. Y. • Arthur Compton • Avenarius, R. • Bell's theorem • Bernard d'Espagnat • Black Body Radiation • Boltzmann equation • Brillouin, M. • Calculation • Canonical transformation • chaos theory • Classical Dynamics • classical electromagnetism • classical mechanics • Classical physics • C-number • Coarse graining • Coherent states • commutation relations • commutative property • Complete set of commuting observables • Conjugate variables • Consistent Histories • Continuous spectrum • Copenhagen Interpretation • Correspondence • Correspondence principle • Creation and annihilation operators • Degrees of freedom (statistics) • delayed-choice experiments • Density Matrix • Determinism • Dirac delta function • Dissipation • Double-well potential • Effective mass (solid-state physics) • Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors • Einstein relation (kinetic theory) • elements of reality • energy level • Equation • FACTS • For All Practical Purposes • general covariance • Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber process • Gleason's theorem • Goudsmit, S. • hamiltonian mechanics • Harmonic oscillator • Heisenberg's microscope • Heisenberg, W. • Hidden variable theory • hilbert space • Histories • Ignorability • inference • Interaction picture • internal energy • interpretation rule • Interpretations of quantum mechanics • Irreversible process • Irreversible Processes • Jauch, J. M. • J. J. Thomson • Joule Effect • Karolihazy, F. • Lamb shift • Logic • Loinger, A. • Louis de Broglie • Master Equation • Matrix Mechanics • Measurement • Measurement in quantum mechanics • measurement problem • microlocal analysis • Mittlestaedt, P. • mutual exclusion • Mutual exclusivity • Nagourney, W. • Niels Bohr • no-contradiction theorem • object • Objectification • Observable • Operator (physics) • Path integral formulation • path integrals • Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) • Phase space • Photon • physicist • physics beyond the standard model • pilot wave • Planck constant • Poisson Brackets • position of a photon • Probability • Projection method (fluid dynamics) • Pure Mathematics • Quantity • quantum decoherence • quantum diffusion • quantum dynamics • quantum entanglement • quantum eraser • Quantum fluctuation • quantum harmonic oscillator • quantum indeterminacy • Quantum Logic • quantum mechanics • Quantum number • Quantum probability • quantum state • quantum superposition • quantum system • randomness • reductionism • Relativistic Invariance • resonance • Richard Feynman • scattering • Schrödinger equation • semiclassical physics • soundness • Stern-Gerlach experiment • Stern–Gerlach experiment • symbol of an operator • tautology • theoretical physics • theory • Truth • Uncertainty Principle • uncertainty relations • Vaidman, L. • Variable (mathematics) • virtual processes • Vorontsov, Y. I. • Voros, A. • Walther, H. • wave function • Wave Packet • Wave–particle duality • Weyl calculus • WKB approximation • Wouthuisen, S. A. • Zeeman effect • Zurek, W. H.
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22192-8 / 0691221928
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22192-2 / 9780691221922