Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)

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

This new edition of a well-received textbook provides a concise introduction to both the theoretical and experimental aspects of quantum information at the graduate level.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereedpost-conference proceedings of the 9th International Conference on QuantumInteraction, QI 2015, held in Filzbach, Switzerland, in July 2015.

This new edition gives a unique and broad coverage of basic laser-related phenomena that allow graduate students, scientists and engineers to carry out research in quantum optics and laser physics.

The central subject of this thesis is the theoretical description of ultrafast dynamical processes in molecular systems of chemical interest and their control by laser pulses.

Thisbook constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Workshop onPost-Quantum Cryptography, PQCrypto 2016, held in Fukuoka, Japan, in February2016.

This book presents a comprehensive mathematical study of the operators behind the Born-Jordan quantization scheme.

This thesis demonstrates a full Mach-Zehnder interferometer with interacting Bose-Einstein condensates confined on an atom chip.

This thesis presents a qualitative advance in our understanding of quantum effects in layered magnetic materials.

This thesis covers a diverse set of topics related to space-based gravitational wave detectors such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA).

This book gives an introduction to quantum mechanics with the matrix method.

This book explains, in simple terms, with a minimum of mathematics, why things can appear to be in two places at the same time, why correlations between simultaneous events occurring far apart cannot be explained by local mechanisms, and why, nevertheless, the quantum theory can be understood in terms of matter in motion.

This work reports on the generation of artificial magnetic fields with ultracold atoms in optical lattices using laser-assisted tunneling, as well as on the first Chern-number measurement in a non-electronic system.

This thesis sheds light on the unique dynamics of optoelectronic devices based on semiconductor quantum-dots.

This thesis reports on major steps towards the realization of scalable quantum networks.

In this updated and expanded second edition of a well-received and invaluable textbook, Prof.

This thesis considers the non-equilibrium and energy transfer processes involved in the evolution of astrophysical gases and plasmas.

These notes investigate the time evolution of quantum systems, and in particular the rigorous derivation of effective equations approximating the many-body Schrodinger dynamics in certain physically interesting regimes.

This book shines bright light into the dim recesses of quantum theory, where the mysteries of entanglement, nonlocality, and wave collapse have motivated some to conjure up multiple universes, and others to adopt a "e;shut up and calculate"e; mentality.

In this thesis, the author describes the development of a software framework to systematically construct a particular class of weakly coupled free fermionic heterotic string models, dubbed gauge models.

The book covers the content of a typical higher undergraduate course of the theory of Quantum Mechanics.

In this thesis, the main approach to the characterization of the set of classical probabilities, the correlation polytope approach, is reviewed for different scenarios, namely, hidden variable models discussed by Bell (local), Kochen and Specker (non-contextual), and Leggett and Garg (macrorealist).

This book presents quantum kinetic theory in a comprehensive way.

This book presents the basics and applications of superconducting devices in quantum optics.

This volume covers a broad range of topics focusing on atoms, molecules, and clusters interacting in intense laser field, laser induced filamentation, and laser plasma interaction and application.

This book opens the door to a new interesting and ambitious world of reversible and quantum computing research.

This is an introduction to the mathematics behind the phrase "e;quantum Lie algebra"e;.

Based on a series of university lectures on nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, this textbook covers a wide range of topics, from the birth of quantum mechanics to the fine-structure levels of heavy atoms.

This thesis casts new light on quantum entanglement of photons with complex spatial patterns due to direct coincidence imaging.

This book, now in its second edition, provides an introductory course on theoretical particle physics with the aim of filling the gap that exists between basic courses of classical and quantum mechanics and advanced courses of (relativistic) quantum mechanics and field theory.

This book provides the reader with the mathematical framework required to fully explore the potential of small quantum information processing devices.

Graduate students who want to become familiar with advanced computational strategies in classical and quantum dynamics will find here both the fundamentals of a standard course and a detailed treatment of the time-dependent oscillator, Chern-Simons mechanics, the Maslov anomaly and the Berry phase, to name a few.

This work unites the concepts of laser cooling and matter-wave interferometry to develop an interferometric laser cooling technique in an experimental system of cold rubidium atoms.

This work explores the scope and flexibility afforded by integrated quantum photonics, both in terms of practical problem-solving, and for the pursuit of fundamental science.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Reversible Computation, RC 2015, held in Grenoble, France in July 2015.

This is the third edition of a well-received textbook on modern physics theory.

Starting from the earlier notions of stationary action principles, these tutorial notes shows how Schwinger's Quantum Action Principle descended from Dirac's formulation, which independently led Feynman to his path-integral formulation of quantum mechanics.

This thesis offers a thorough and informative study of high-power, high-energy optical parametric chirped pulse amplifications systems, the foundation of the next generation of femtosecond laser technology.

This thesis exploits the ability of the linear-scaling quantum mechanical code ONETEP to analyze systems containing many thousands of atoms.

This Brief presents steps towards elaborating a new interpretation of quantum mechanics based on a specific version of Lukasiewicz infinite-valued logic.

This work addresses dynamical aspects of quantum criticality in two space dimensions.

This book provides a comprehensive view of the contemporary methods for quantum-light engineering.

This thesis reports on the development of the first quantum enhanced microscope and on its applications in biological microscopy.

This monograph explains the theory of quantum waveguides, that is, dynamics of quantum particles confined to regions in the form of tubes, layers, networks, etc.

This work presents a series of experiments with ultracold one-dimensional Bose gases, which establish said gases as an ideal model system for exploring a wide range of non-equilibrium phenomena.

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This book is devoted to the calculation of hot-plasma properties which generally requires a huge number of atomic data.

The book gives an introduction to Weyl non-regular quantization suitable for the description of physically interesting quantum systems, where the traditional Dirac-Heisenberg quantization is not applicable.

The work in this thesis was a part of the experiment of squeezed light injection into the LIGO interferometer.

This book provides readers with a concise introduction to current studies on operator-algebras and their generalizations, operator spaces and operator systems, with a special focus on their application in quantum information science.