Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)

The twentieth century was defined by physics.

The twentieth century was defined by physics.

The main goal of this work is to familiarize the reader with a tool, the path integral, that offers an alternative point of view on quantum mechanics, but more important, under a generalized form, has become the key to a deeper understanding of quantum field theory and its applications, which extend from particle physics to phase transitions or properties of quantum gases.

This book presents a biography of Abdus Salam, the first Muslim to win a Nobel Prize for Science (Physics 1979), who was nevertheless excommunicated and branded as a heretic in his own country.

Quantum Theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton.

The second edition of this successful textbook provides an up-to-date account of the optical physics of solid state materials.

This book is addressed to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students involved in research in atomic, molecular, and optical physics.

What does realism about the quantum state imply?

Peter Byrne tells the story of Hugh Everett III (1930-1982), whose "e;many worlds"e; theory of multiple universes has had a profound impact on physics and philosophy.

Recent years have shown important and spectacular convergences between techniques traditionally used in theoretical physics and methods emerging from modern mathematics (combinatorics, probability theory, topology, algebraic geometry, etc).

Statistical Mechanics is the study of systems where the number of interacting particles becomes infinite.

This textbook describes the physics of semiconductor nanostructures with emphasis on their electronic transport properties.

This book provides the reader with a contemporary and comprehensive introduction to Quantum Mechanics.

This book is unique in occupying a gap between standard undergraduate texts and more advanced texts on quantum field theory.

In each generation, scientists must redefine their fields: abstracting, simplifying and distilling the previous standard topics to make room for new advances and methods.

The pendulum: a case study in physics is a unique book in several ways.

As the study of time has flourished in the physical and human sciences, the philosophy of time has come into its own as a lively and diverse area of academic research.

This book provides an extensive survey of all the physics necessary to understand the current developments in the field of fundamental cosmology, as well as an overview of the observational data and methods.

This book presents a biography of Abdus Salam, the first Muslim to win a Nobel Prize for Science (Physics 1979), who was nevertheless excommunicated and branded as a heretic in his own country.

There is a continuing growth of interest in the computer simulation of materials at the atomic scale, using a variety of academic and commercial computer programs.

Can quantum particles be regarded as individuals, just like books, tables and people?

Rapid development of microfabrication and assembly of nanostructures has opened up many opportunities to miniaturize structures that confine light, producing unusual and extremely interesting optical properties.

Quantum mechanics - central not only to physics, but also to chemistry, materials science, and other fields - is notoriously abstract and difficult.

This work tries to provide an elementary introduction to the notions of continuum limit and universality in statistical systems with a large number of degrees of freedom.

How do scientific conjectures become laws?

This book offers a concise and up-to-date introduction to the popular field of quantum information.

For hundreds of years, models of magnetism have been pivotal in the understanding and advancement of science and technology, from the Earth's interpretation as a magnetic dipole to quantum mechanics, statistical physics, and modern nanotechnology.

Quantum physics is often perceived as a weird and abstract theory, which physicists must use in order to make correct predictions.

This concise, accessible text provides a thorough introduction to quantum computing - an exciting emergent field at the interface of the computer, engineering, mathematical and physical sciences.

Nanomagnetism is a rapidly expanding area of research which appears to be able to provide novel applications.

Most previous texts on quantum optics have been written primarily for the graduate student market at PhD level and above.

Quantum Mechanics: Classical Results, Modern Systems, and Visualized Examples is a comprehensive introduction to non-relativistic quantum mechanics for advanced undergraduate students in physics and related fields.

For most of the last century, condensed matter physics has been dominated by band theory and Landau's symmetry breaking theory.

This book presents a complete encyclopedia of superconducting fluctuations, summarising the last thirty-five years of work in the field.

Starting from first principles, this book introduces the closely related phenomena of Bose condensation and Cooper pairing, in which a very large number of single particles or pairs of particles are forced to behave in exactly the same way, and explores their consequences in condensed matter systems.

The importance and the beauty of modern quantum field theory resides in the power and variety of its methods and ideas, which find application in domains as different as particle physics, cosmology, condensed matter, statistical mechanics and critical phenomena.

This book discusses the computational approach in modern statistical physics in a clear and accessible way and demonstrates its close relation to other approaches in theoretical physics.

This book describes the basic concepts of supersymmetric theories.

The counter-intuitive aspects of quantum physics have been long illustrated by thought experiments, from Einstein's photon box to Schrodinger's cat.

This book is primarily intended to accompany an advanced undergraduate course in atomic physics.

David Papineau presents a controversial view of human reason, portraying it as a normal part of the natural world, and drawing on the empirical sciences to illuminate its workings.

Much of the modern period was dominated by a `reductionist' theory of science.

Quantum field theory is arguably the most far-reaching and beautiful physical theory ever constructed, with aspects more stringently tested and verified to greater precision than any other theory in physics.

This textbook presents problems with detailed solutions showing how to apply quantum theory to modern physics.

This book describes the state-of-the-art in the emerging field of optical trapping of ions, as well as the most recent advances enabling the use of this technique as a versatile tool for novel investigations in atomic physics.

This book gathers the lecture notes of courses given at the 2011 summer school in theoretical physics in Les Houches, France, Session XCVI.

This is an open access title.

Quantum Field Theory has become the universal language of most modern theoretical physics.

Fundamental concepts of phase transitions, such as order parameters, spontaneous symmetry breaking, scaling transformations, conformal symmetry and anomalous dimensions, have deeply changed the modern vision of many areas of physics, leading to remarkable developments in statistical mechanics, elementary particle theory, condensed matter physics and string theory.

Theoretical physics is a cornerstone of modern physics and provides a foundation for all modern quantitative science.