Academic : Physics : Atomic physics

An accessible introduction to astronomy and general relativity, requiring only high-school level mathematics. more...

Price: $56.00

The quantum world obeys logic at odds with our common sense intuition. This weirdness is directly displayed in recent experiments juggling with isolated atoms and photons. They are reviewed in this book, combining theoretical insight and experimental description, and providing useful illustrations for learning and teaching of quantum mechanics. - ;The counter-intuitive aspects of quantum physics have been for long illustrated by thought experiments, from Einstein's photon box to Schr--ouml--;dinger's cat. These experiments have now become real, with single particles - electrons, atoms or photons - directly unveiling the weird features of the quantum. State superpositions, entanglement and complementarity define a novel quantum logic which can be harnessed for information processing, raising great hopes for applications. This. book describes a class of such thought experiments made real. Juggling with atoms and photons confined in cavities, ions or cold atoms in traps, is here an incentive to shed a new light on the basic concepts of quantum physics. Measurement processes and decoherence at the quantum-classical boundary are. highlighted. This volume, which combines theory and experiments, will be of interest to students in quantum physics, teachers seeking illustrations for their lectures and new problem sets, researchers in quantum optics and quantum information. - ;'A gem and a must-read for any student of quantum physics, from advanced undergraduate to expert.' Physics Today, August 2007 - more...

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Student-friendly, well illustrated textbook for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in physics and mathematics. more...

Price: $60.00

This book is intended for students starting, or preparing for, their study of physical science or engineering at university. It introduces physics in the language of mathematics, and provides revision of the mathematical techniques and physical concepts; frequently in the form of 'workshops' - instructive questions with full solutions. - ;This book introduces physics to a first year undergraduate in the language of mathematics. As such it aims to give a mathematical foundation to the physics taught pre-university, as well as extending it to the skills and disciplines approached during a first degree course in physical science or engineering. It bridges two gaps in modern education - between the level of difficulty in pre-university study and undergraduate study, and between mathematics and physics. Many of the. concepts are revised or introduced in the course of 'workshop' questions which are an integral part of the text. Fully explained solutions to these workshops are given as a substantial appendix to the book. The student will be enabled to study classical mechanics in terms of vector calculus, fields in. terms of line and surface integrals, oscillations and waves in terms of complex exponentials and so on. As far as we are aware, this book is unique in its aim, its content, and its approach. - more...

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Advanced undergraduate and graduate students will benefit from this new perspective on the fundamental physical paradigm and its applications. more...

Price: $72.00