Overview
- Excellent didactic introduction to the essential principles
- Treats recent concepts such as entanglement and decoherence
- Gives background needed to understand quantum cryptography, teleportation and computation
- Especially suitable for introducing the spin
- Comment by Prof. J. Roederer:
- I am very impressed with Dr. Bes' approach to the subject, the clarity of his exposition, and the timeliness of the examples, many of which are taken from the most recent developments of the "old-new" field of quantum mechanics"
Part of the book series: Advanced Texts in Physics (ADTP)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
By systematically covering both the Heisenberg and Schrödinger realizations, the book emphasizes the essential principles of quantum mechanics, which remain hidden within the usual derivations of the wave equation. Moreover, this presentation not only covers the material which is traditionally presented in textbooks, but also is especially suitable for introducing the spin, i.e., the most important quantum observable. This emphasis on spin paves the way for a presentation of recent quantum-mechanical concepts such as entanglement and decoherence, and to recent applications including cryptography, teleportation and quantum computation.
"I am very impressed with Dr. Bes' approach to the subject, the clarity of his exposition, and the timeliness of the examples, many of which are taken from the most recent developments of the "old-new" field of quantum mechanics" (Prof. J. Roederer)
Reviews
From the reviews:
"Daniel Bes clearly understands that accuracy, clarity and brevity … . has therefore made a careful selection of the topics to make an accessible concise book on quantum mechanics for a modern introductory undergraduate course. The book has several good features. The claims that this is a modern textbook are well justified by the inclusion of … . the flow of the main ideas is not unbalanced by laborious detail." (Professor J. E. Carroll, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 46 (4), 2005)
"This book accomplishes all the goals implied by its title: it is ‘modern’, ‘concise’ and ‘introductory’. It is concise (just two hundred pages) but covers an extraordinary range of topics, from those typically found in traditional quantum mechanics textbooks … . All this is illustrated with examples that cover a wide range … . This book provides a large amount of information per page and the selection, extension and balance of topics is adequate for an introductory course." (Adán Cabello, Mathematical Reviews, 2005)
"The author has nicely made a systematic dual presentation of both the Heisenberg matrix mechanics and Schödinger wave mechanics … . This wonderful textbook will certainly be a valuable addition to the physics/chemistry library of a science college/university/institute." (Samir Saha, Indian Journal of Physics, Vol. 79 (12), 2005)
"This book is a very clear, comprehensive, concise, and updated introduction to quantum mechanics (QM). … Bes’ book has a great advantage over the other texts: it is updated with some of the most recent advances in quantum theory, including quantum computation and teleportation. The book is supposed to be suitable to undergraduate and first year graduate students. … The problems in the book are few but very stimulating. Besides, there are many figures, graphics, and tables, that really help the reader." (Adonai S. Sant’Anna, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1052,2005)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Daniel R. Bes made his undergraduate studies at the University of Buenos Aires, UBA, (1950-54), and performed the equivalent of graduate work at the Niels Bohr Institute, NBI, (1956-59), under the advice of A. Bohr and B. Mottelson (Nobel prizes, 1975), on the subject of vibrations in deformed nuclei. Later on Bes became a frequent visitor to the NBI.
Since 1962 he was part in the construction of a first rate Department of Physics at UBA, an experience drastically interrupted in 1966 for political reasons. Subsequently Bes held positions at Carnegie-Mellon University (1967-68) and at the University of Minnesota (1968-71), where he became Full Professor. In 1971 he returned to Argentina, to work at the Comisión Nacional de EnergÃa Atómica, through an appointment from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientÃficas y Técnicas (an arrangement from which he presently benefits again). Between 1998-2003 he was Dean of the newly created Facultad de IngenierÃa of the Universidad Favaloro. He has been cofounder of the magazine Ciencia Hoy (1989), and President of the Asociación FÃsica Argentina (1994-1998).
Bes has been author/coauthor of more than 120 publications in international physics journals. He has also been interested on topics such as nuclear disarmament and the Latinoamerican debt.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quantum Mechanics
Book Subtitle: A Modern and Concise Introductory Course
Authors: Daniel R. Bes
Series Title: Advanced Texts in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05384-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-05384-3Published: 09 March 2013
Series ISSN: 1439-2674
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 206
Topics: Quantum Physics, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics