Quantum Mechanics II: Advanced Topics

Quantum Mechanics II: Advanced Topics provides a comprehensive exploration of advanced topics in quantum mechanics, including quantum technologies, field theories, and quantum information. It is a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers in physics and engineering.

Format: Hardback
Length: 414 pages
Publication date: 24 November 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Quantum Mechanics II: Advanced Topics offers a comprehensive exploration of the state-of-the-art in various advanced topics of current research interest. A follow-up to the authors introductory book Quantum Mechanics I: The Fundamentals, this book expounds basic principles, theoretical treatment, case studies, worked-out examples, and applications of advanced topics including quantum technologies. A thoroughly revised and updated this unique volume presents an in-depth and up-to-date progress on the growing topics, including latest achievements on quantum technology. In the second edition, six new chapters are included, and the other ten chapters are extensively revised.

Features:

Covers classical and quantum field theories, path integral formalism, and supersymmetric quantum mechanics.

Highlights coherent and squeezed states, Berry's phase, Aharonov-Bohm effect, and Wigner function.

Explores salient features of quantum entanglement and quantum cryptography.

Presents basic concepts of quantum computers and the features of the no-cloning theorem and quantum cloning machines.

Describes the theory and techniques of quantum tomography, quantum simulation, and quantum error correction.

Introduces other novel topics, including quantum versions of the theory of gravity, cosmology, Zeno effect, teleportation, games, chaos, and steering.

Outlines the quantum technologies of ghost imaging, detection of weak amplitudes and displacements, lithography, metrology, teleportation of optical images, sensors, batteries, and internet.

Contains several worked-out problems and exercises in each chapter.

Quantum Mechanics II: Advanced Topics addresses various currently emerging exciting topics of quantum mechanics. It emphasizes the fundamentals and applications of quantum mechanics, providing a comprehensive understanding of the field. This book is essential for researchers, students, and professionals in physics, chemistry, and engineering who are interested in advancing their knowledge in quantum mechanics and its applications.

Weight: 960g
Dimension: 183 x 260 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367770006
Edition number: 2 ed