This book presents the basic elements of theoretical physics in a highly accessible, captivating way for university students in the third year of a degree in physics. It covers analytical mechanics, thermodynamics and statistical physics, special and general relativity and non-relativistic quantum theory, fully developing the necessary mathematical methods beyond standard calculus. The combination of step-by-step descriptions of all procedures, numerous examples, and original solved problems enable readers to gain a clear understanding of the concepts and good problem-solving abilities.
It focuses on the experimental meaning of all quantities and equations, and presents several recent verifications of general relativity, highlighting the physical effects – why they were predicted to exist and what signals they were seen to produce, and why superconductors have zero resistance and are perfect diamagnets. Further, it describes quantum eraser experiments and delayed choice experiments and explores the EPR paradox, Bell states and teleportation.
To show the beauty and richness of the subject, various topics normally neglected in introductory books are covered, including discrete quantum models and lattices (periodic and not), Casimir effect, anyons, Fano resonances, the Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect, the Aharonov-Bohm effect, the Meitner-Auger effect, squeezed light, the Rabi model, neutrino oscillations, and aspects of quantum transport, quantum pumping and Berry phases.
- ISBN: 978-3-319-71329-8
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 390
- Fecha Publicación: 31/03/2018
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés