UID:
almahu_9949406999702882
Format:
XVII, 468 p. 1 illus.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 2022.
ISBN:
9783031095481
Series Statement:
Lecture Notes in Physics, 1003
Content:
This book introduces and critically appraises the main proposals for how to understand quantum mechanics, namely the Copenhagen interpretation, spontaneous collapse, Bohmian mechanics, many-worlds, and others. The author makes clear what are the crucial problems, such as the measurement problem, related to the foundations of quantum mechanics and explains the key arguments like the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen argument and Bell's proof of nonlocality. He discusses and clarifies numerous topics that have puzzled the founding fathers of quantum mechanics and present-day students alike, such as the possibility of hidden variables, the collapse of the wave function, time-of-arrival measurements, explanations of the symmetrization postulate for identical particles, or the nature of spin. Several chapters are devoted to extending the different approaches to relativistic space-time and quantum field theory. The book is self-contained and is intended for graduate students and researchers who want to step into the fundamental aspects of quantum physics. Given its clarity, it is accessible also to advanced undergraduates and contains many exercises and examples to master the subject.
Note:
Waves and Particles -- Some Observables -- Collapse and Measurement -- Nonlocality -- General Observables -- Particle Creation -- Relativity -- Further Morals -- Appendix.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783031095474
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783031095498
Language:
English
Subjects:
Physics
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-031-09548-1
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09548-1
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