Yuli V. Nazarov, Jeroen DanonCambridge University Press, 1/3/2013EAN 9780521761505, ISBN10: 0521761506Hardcover, 368 pages, 25.3 x 19.2 x 1.8 cmLanguage: EnglishAn accessible introduction to advanced quantum theory, this graduate-level textbook focuses on its practical applications rather than mathematical technicalities. It treats real-life examples, from topics ranging from quantum transport to nanotechnology, to equip students with a toolbox of theoretical techniques. Beginning with second quantization, the authors illustrate its use with different condensed matter physics examples. They then explain how to quantize classical fields, with a focus on the electromagnetic field, taking students from Maxwell's equations to photons, coherent states and absorption and emission of photons. Following this is a unique master-level presentation on dissipative quantum mechanics, before the textbook concludes with a short introduction to relativistic quantum mechanics, covering the Dirac equation and a relativistic second quantization formalism. The textbook includes 70 end-of-chapter problems. Solutions to some problems are given at the end of the chapter and full solutions to all problems are available for instructors at www.cambridge.org/9780521761505.Part I. Second Quantization1. Elementary quantum mechanics2. Identical particles3. Second quantizationPart II. Examples4. Magnetism5. Superconductivity6. SuperfluidityPart III. Fields and Radiation7. Classical fields8. Quantization of fields9. Radiation and matter10. Coherent statesPart IV. Dissipative Quantum Mechanics11. Dissipative quantum mechanics12. Transitions and dissipationPart V. Relativistic Quantum Mechanics13. Relativistic quantum mechanicsIndex.
