Quantum Paradoxes Quantum Theory for the Perplexed

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Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-04-15
Publisher(s): Wiley-VCH
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Summary

A Guide through the Mysteries of Quantum Physics! Yakir Aharonov is one of the pioneers in measuring theory, the nature of quantum correlations, superselection rules, and geometric phases and has been awarded numerous scientific honors. The author has contributed monumental concepts to theoretical physics, especially the Aharonov-Bohm effect and the Aharonov-Casher effect. Together with Daniel Rohrlich of the Weizmann Institute, Israel, he has written a pioneering work on the remaining mysteries of quantum mechanics. From the perspective of a preeminent researcher in the fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics, the text combines mathematical rigor with penetrating and concise language. More than 200 problem sets introduce readers to the concepts and implications of quantum mechanics that have arisen from the experimental results of the recent two decades. With students as well as researchers in mind, the authors give an insight into that part of the field, which led Feynman to declare that "nobody understands quantum mechanics". * Free solutions manual available for lecturers at www.wiley-vch.de/supplements/

Author Biography

Yakir Aharonov, Ph.D.<br> Professor of Physics, University of South Carolina and University of Tel Aviv<br> Elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences<br> <br> Daniel Rohrlich, Ph.D.<br> Research Scientists at the Weizmann Institute<br> Center for submicron research<br> >

Table of Contents

1. The use of Paradox.
2. How to weigh a quantum.
3. Is quantum theory complete?.
4. Phases and Interference.
5. Modular Variables.
6. Nonlocality and causality.
7. Quantum measurements.
8. Measurement and compensation.
9. Quantum cats.
10. A quantum arrow of time?.
11. Superselection rules.
12. Quantum slow dance.
13. Charges and fluxons.
14. Quantum measurements and relativity.
15. How to observe a quantum wave.
16. Weak values.
17. Weak values and entanglement.
18. Quantum past and future.

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