About the Book
Starting from basic principles, the book covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from Heisenberg, Schroedinger, second quantization, density matrix and path integral formulations of quantum mechanics, to applications that are (or will be) corner stones of present and future technologies.
The emphasis is on spin waves, quantum information, recent tests of quantum physics and decoherence. The book provides a large amount of information without unbalancing the flow of the main ideas by laborious detail.
Table of Contents:
Introduction.- The Principles of Quantum Mechanics.- Other Consequences of the Basic Principles.- The Heisenberg Realization of Quantum.- The Schroedinger Realization of Quantum Physics.- Angular Momenta.- Three-Dimensional Hamiltonian.- Many-Body Problems.- Approximate Solutions to Quantum Problems.- Time-Dependence in Quantum Mechanics.- Broken Symmetries.- Entanglement and Experimental Tests of Quantum Mechanics.- Quantum Information.- Other Formulations of Quantum Mechanics: the Density Matrix and the Path Integral.- The Classical and Quantum Realities. Decoherence and Measurements.- A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics.
About the Author :
About the author: Long Term Research and/or Teaching Appointments Professor (1961-1966); Interim ad-Honorem Professor (1973-1974); Interim Professor (2003, 2006). Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Buenos Aires. Researcher (1953-1961); Class A3 (1976-1977); Class A2 (1977-1980); Class A1 (1980-1993); Emeritus Researcher (2008-) Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Dinamarca. Scholarship (1956-1959); Nordita, Copenhagen, Dinamarca. Visiting Associate Professor (1964-1965). Physics Department, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.. Associate Professor (1967-1968). School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.. Associate Professor (1968-1971); Professor (1971-1972). Los Alamos Scientic Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, New Mexico, U.S.A.. Visiting Staff Member (1969-1974). Carrera del Investigador Cientifico, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientcas and Tecnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Class B (1971-1977); Investigador Superior (1977-1999); Contratado (1999-2001; 2003-2006). Departamento de Fisica, Regional Buenos Aires, Universidad Tecnologica Nacional. Professor (1977-1983). Universidad Favaloro; Facultad de Ingeniera y Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Dean (1998-2003); Head of the Physics Department (2003-2005); Emeritus Professor (2005-); Consultant to the University (2010-) Short Term Research Appointments Instituto de Fisica Teorica, Sao Paulo, Brasil. Visiting Professor (July 1961 and June 1962). Instituto de Fisica \Dr. Jose A. Balseiro", San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina. Visiting Professor, (December 1963-March 1964). Escuela Latinoamericana de Fisica. Professor, Buenos Aires (August 1964); Mexico (August 1977). Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.. Visiting Associate Physicist (August 1967). Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico. Visiting Professor (July 1969). Department of Physics, University of New York at Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.. Visiting Professor (September 1971, March 1974, April 1975, March 1976, April 1978). Niels Bohr Institutet and/or Nordita, Copenhagen, Denmark. (September 1971, May 1973, December 1975, September-December 1976, October 1980, October 1983, October-November 1989). Institut de Physique Nucleaire, Universite de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France. (May 1972, May 1978, September 1983). International School of Physics Enrico Fermi, Varenna, Italy, Course LIX. Lecturer (August 1976). School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.. Consultant (April 1979); Visiting Professor (September-December 1987). Theoretical Physics Institute (May 1994) Oak Ridge National Laboratory or Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.. Consultant (June 1981, April 1985). University of Tsukuba, Japan. Visiting Professor (June-July 1982). Istituto Galileo Galilei, Padova, Italy (June 1985). Universita degli Studi de Milano, Milano, Italy (May 1986). Forskningstitutet for Atomfysik, Stockholm, Sweden (September-October 1986). Centre de Recherches Nucleaires, Strasbourg, France. Visiting Professor (March-April 1990) European Center for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas, Trento, Italy (November-December 1993). Institute for Nuclear Theory, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. (November 1995). Other Honorary Appointments Member of the Comite Asesor de Matematicas, Fisica and Astronoma, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientcas and Tecnicas, Buenos Aires (1966), (1973-1976). Member of the Consejo Directivo del Centro Latinoamericano de Fisica, Rio de Janeiro (1972-1985). Associate Fellow of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (1976-1981). Senior Associate Fellow (1981- ). Member of the International Advisory Committees for the International Conferences on Nuclear Physics, Tokyo (1977), Berkeley (1980), Florencia (1983), Harrogate (1986), San Pablo (1989), Wiesbaden (1992), Beijing (1995), Paris (1998), Berkeley (2001). Member of the Advisory Committee for Nuclear Physics, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (1978-. Fellow of the Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas and Naturales, Buenos Aires (1978-. Member of the Consejo Asesor de Ciencia and Tecnica de la Subsecretaria de Ciencia and Tecnica, Buenos Aires (1982-1983). Fellow de la Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan (1982). Member of the Colegiado Directivo de la Asociacion Argentina para el Progreso de la Ciencia, Buenos Aires (1983-1984). Fellow of the Academia de Ciencias de America Latina, Caracas (1983-. Member of the Comission Asesora Honoraria de Fisica, Matematicas and Quimica de la Comision de Investigaciones Cienticas, La Plata, (1984-1986). Project consultant of PNUD-UNESCO CHI/84/005 "Fortalecimiento del Desarrollo de la Fisica en Chile" (1984). Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences, Trieste, Italy, (1989-. Vice-president of Asociacion Ciencia Hoy, Buenos Aires (1990-1992). Member of the Consejo de Administracion de la Fundacion Premio Nacional a la Calidad, Buenos Aires, (1993-1996). President of Asociacion Fisica Argentina (1994-1998). Member of the Consulting Board of the Fundacion Konex (1998-2004) Member of the Academic Board, Universidad Nacional de San Martin (2010-) Editorial Tasks Editor of the publications of Asociacion Fisica Argentina (1963-1966). Member of the Editorial Committee of Kinam, Mexico (1978-1984). Editor of Ciencia Hoy (1988-1991). Member of the Editorial Committee of Revista Brasileira de Fisica (1989-1992). Prizes Teolo Isnardi, 1976 (Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales) Ricardo Gans, 1979 (Universidad Nacional de La Plata). Konex platinum, 1983 (Fundacion Konex). Beca Antorchas, 1994 (Fundacion Amtorchas). International Conference on Nuclear Dynamics at Long and Short Distances, Angra dos Reis, Brasil, April 8-12 1996, dedicated to Prof. O.Sala and to D.R.B. Bunge y Born, 1996 (Fundacion Bunge y Born) El Recorrido Dorado, 1996. Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Nacional de San Martin, 2008.
Review :
From the book reviews: "This is an outstanding book with reference to the principles of quantum mechanics in the schools of Heisenberg and Schrodinger. It discusses the second and multiple dimensional theories of quantum physics looking carefully at the mathematical and statistics foundations. The third dimensional Schrodinger equation is discussed. There are keywords and problems at the end of every major discussion. ... I recommend this book highly to physics students and graduates, in addition to any other interested audiences of all backgrounds." (Joseph Grenier, Amazon.com, February, 2015)
