Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)

Quantum mechanics undergraduate courses mostly focus on systems with known analytical solutions; the finite well, simple Harmonic, and spherical potentials.

This book describes a broad research program on quantum communication.

This book tells the story of the second quantum revolution which will shape the 21st century as much as the first quantum revolution shaped the 20th century.

This textbook addresses the special physics of many-particle systems, especially those dominated by correlation effects.

This book presents important topics in nanophotonics in review-style chapters written by world leading scientists.

This thesis describes significant advances in experimental capabilities using ultracold polar molecules.

The revised edition of this book offers an extended overview of quantum walks and explains their role in building quantum algorithms, in particular search algorithms.

This textbook presents the basics of philosophy that are necessary for the student and researcher in science in order to better understand scientific work.

This book summarizes the recent progress in the physics and astrophysics of neutron stars and, most importantly, it identifies and develops effective strategies to explore, both theoretically and observationally, the many remaining open questions in the field.

This by now classic text provides an excellent introduction to and survey of the still-expanding field of quantum chaos.

This book explores critical phenomena in highly correlated quantum matter.

This book provides a step-by-step guide on how to construct a narrowband single photon source for the integration with atom-based memory systems.

Quantum machine learning investigates how quantum computers can be used for data-driven prediction and decision making.

This book develops a methodology for the real-time coupled quantum dynamics of electrons and phonons in nanostructures, both isolated structures and those open to an environment.

Quantum mechanics entails effects like superpositions and entanglement, which have no classical counterparts.

This book focuses on the gradual formation of the concept of 'light quanta' or 'photons', as they have usually been called in English since 1926.

This book discusses a link between statistical theory and quantum theory based on the concept of epistemic processes - which can be e.

The successes of the standard models of particle physics and cosmology are many, but have proven incapable of explaining all the phenomena that we observe.

This thesis explores several fundamental topics in mesoscopic circuitries that incorporate few electronic conduction channels.

This thesis discusses the power scaling of ultrashort pulses in enhancement cavities, utilized in particular for frequency conversion processes, such as Thomson scattering and high-harmonic generation.

This book explores some of the connections between dissipative and quantum effects from a theoretical point of view.

This book explores two of the most striking features of quantum theory - contextuality and nonlocality - using a formulation based on graph theory.

This book introduces a variety of statistical tools for characterising and designing the dynamical features of complex quantum systems.

This book reports on the development of a pioneering light source architecture of the so-called Petawatt Field Synthesizer (PFS) system, which is based on short-pulse pumped, optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA), driven by a homemade, 1-ps diode-pumped Yb:YAG.

In this undergraduate textbook, the author develops the quantum theory from first principles based on very simple experiments: a photon travelling through beam splitters to detectors, an electron moving through a Stern-Gerlach machine, and an atom emitting radiation.

This book addresses and introduces new developments in the field of Quantum Information and Computing (QIC) for a primary audience of undergraduate students.

This volume offers a fundamentally different way of conceptualizing time and reality.

Thermal processes are ubiquitous and an understanding of thermal phenomena is essential for a complete description of the physics of nanoparticles, both for the purpose of modeling the dynamics of the particles and for the correct interpretation of experimental data.

This book is an introduction to quantum Markov chains and explains how this concept is connected to the question of how well a lost quantum mechanical system can be recovered from a correlated subsystem.

This book provides a thorough and up-to-date introduction to the philosophy of quantum physics.

This book offers a rigorous yet elementary approach to quantum mechanics that will meet the needs of Master's-level Mathematics students and is equally suitable for Physics students who are interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the mathematical structure of the theory.

Coherent states (CS) were originally introduced in 1926 by Schrodinger and rediscovered in the early 1960s in the context of laser physics.

Small neutrino masses are the first signs of new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics.

This edited, multi-author volume contains selected, peer-reviewed contributions based on the presentations given at the 21th International Workshop on Quantum Systems in Chemistry, Physics, and Biology (QSCP-XXI), held in Vancouver, Canada, in July 2016.

This textbook extends from the basics of femtosecond physics all the way to some of the latest developments in the field.

This book provides the basis for a two-semester graduate course on solid-state physics.

This textbook offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to statistical physics, one of the core components of advanced undergraduate physics courses.

This book provides an overview of state-of-the-art implementations of quantum random number generators (QRNGs), and especially examines their relation to classical statistical randomness models and numerical techniques for computing random numbers.

This book is a course-tested primer on the thermodynamics of strongly interacting matter - a profound and challenging area of both theoretical and experimental modern physics.

This introduction to quantum mechanics is intended for undergraduate students of physics, chemistry, and engineering with some previous exposure to quantum ideas.

This book presents the basic elements of theoretical physics in a highly accessible, captivating way for university students in the third year of a degree in physics.

This advanced course, a sequel to the first volume of this lecture series on topos quantum theory, delves deeper into the theory, addressing further technical aspects and recent advances.

This book focuses on the assessment of different coal gasification technologies for the utilization of Russian coals with analyses of economically feasible process chains for preparation of marketable products from high-ash coals.

This SpringerBrief covers the main scales of description of matter, starting at its finest level, the quantum scale, moving through ab-initio, molecular dynamics, coarse grained approaches, to finish at the scale of kinetic theory models that allows a nice compromise between the rich but expensive microscopic descriptions and the computationally cheap but sometimes too coarse macroscopic descriptions.

This thesis presents results crucial to the emerging field of indirect excitons.

This thesis reports on experiments in which the motion of a mechanical oscillator is measured with unprecedented precision.

This thesis unites the fields of optical atomic clocks and ultracold molecular science, laying the foundation for optical molecular measurements of unprecedented precision.

One of the most important questions concerning the foundations of physics, especially since the discovery of relativity and quantum theory, is the nature and role of time.

This book presents a basic introduction to quantum mechanics.