Detlef Dürr: Understanding Quantum Mechanics

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Beschreibung

This book discusses the physical and mathematical foundations of modern quantum mechanics and three realistic quantum theories that John Stuart Bell called "theories without observers" because they do not merely speak about measurements but develop an objective picture of the physical world. These are Bohmian mechanics, the GRW collapse theory, and the Many Worlds theory.

The book is ideal to accompany or supplement a lecture course on quantum mechanics, but also suited for self-study, particularly for those who have completed such a course but are left puzzled by the question: "What does the mathematical formalism, which I have so laboriously learned and applied, actually tell us about nature?"

Über den Autor

Detlef Dürr studied physics in Münster, Germany, where he obtained his PhD in physics in 1978. After his post-doc years at Rutgers in Joel Lebowitz¿s group working with Sheldon Goldstein, he was awarded a Heisenberg fellowship. In 1989 he became a professor of mathematics at the University of Munich. His research interests are non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, Bohmian mechanics and the foundations of quantum theory.

Dustin Lazarovici studied physics and mathematics at the University of Munich, Germany and earned his PhD in 2015 under the supervision of Detlef Dürr. He is currently working in philosophy of physics at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Zusammenfassung

State-of-the-art introduction to the foundations of quantum mechanics

Addresses the questions about quantum mechanics that many students have but don't dare to ask

Accessible presentation of key mathematical results

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Some Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics.- The Measurement Problem.- Chance in Physics.- Bohmian Mechanics.- Collapse Theory.- The Many-Worlds Theory.- The Measurement Process and Observables.- Weak Measurements of Trajectories.- Hidden Variables.- Nonlocality.- Relativistic Quantum Theory.- Further Food for Thought.- Epilogue.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Fachbereich:	Theoretische Physik
Genre:	Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Physik , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xv 239 S. 21 s/w Illustr. 2 farbige Illustr. 239 p. 23 illus. 2 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783030400675
ISBN-10:	3030400670
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Dürr, Detlef Lazarovici, Dustin
Auflage:	1st edition 2020
Hersteller:	Springer Springer International Publishing AG
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	235 x 155 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Detlef Dürr (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	17.03.2020
Gewicht:	0,394 kg