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List of contents
- 1: Review of basic quantum physics
- 2: Solutions to Schrodinger's equations
- 3: Quantum statistics
- 4: Phonons
- 5: Electrons in solids
- 6: Semiconductors
- 7: Transitions
- 8: Field quantization
- 9: Entanglement
- 10: EPR and Bell's theorem, and quantum algorithms
- 11: Quantum measurement
- 12: Cavity quantum physics
- 13: Symmetry and topology
- 14: Superfluid 4He
- 15: Superconductivity
- 16: Gaseous Bose-Einstein condensates
- 17: Quantum Hall effects
- 18: Particle physics I
- 19: Particle physics II
- Appendices
- A Vector calculus
- B Mode densities
- C Density matrix
- D The Bloch sphere, spin-1/2, and qubits
- E Perturbation theory
- F RSA encryption
- G The Dirac equation
- H Higgs Lagrangian
- I Entangled beauty and CP violation
- J The Gross-Pitaevskii equation
- K Kubo's Hall conductance formula
About the author
Ian Kenyon is an elementary particle physicist in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Birmingham, UK. He took part in the discovery of the carriers of the weak force, working at CERN for three years on the design, construction, data-taking and analysis of the UA1 experiment. Earlier he designed and constructed the optics for the Northwestern University 50cm liquid helium bubble chamber. More recently he worked at the HERA electron-proton collider on the H1 experiment. He is the author of three advanced textbooks for physics undergraduates: Elementary Particle Physics, General Relativity (also translated into Japanese) and The Light Fantastic - A Modern Introduction to Classical and Quantum Optics.
Summary
This textbook for upper-level undergraduates covers the fundamentals and incorporates key themes of quantum physics. Major themes include boson condensation and fermion exclusivity, entanglement, quantum field theory, measurement precision set by quantum mechanics, and topology.
