An Introduction to Quantum Physics

From Schrodinger's Equation to Quantum Computing

Michael I. Bergman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

600 Seiten

2026
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-443-33060-5 (ISBN)

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Michael Bergman’s An Introduction to Quantum Physics: From Schrodinger's Equation to Quantum Computing makes quantum mechanics concepts more accessible by focusing on the essentials of the Schrodinger equation and its application to the hydrogen atom, while exploring other idealized but important quantum mechanical problems, such as the infinite square well and the harmonic oscillator, in order to build students’ physical intuition. The text assumes only calculus-based introductory physics, but helps students understand the origin of the periodic table and the electronic structure of atoms in a deeper way than they may have explored in introductory chemistry coursework. The text also enables users to make connections with concepts in linear algebra, a course that many students have recently taken or may be taking concurrently. An Introduction to Quantum Physics: From Schrodinger's Equation to Quantum Computing also seeks to explore in rigorous fashion philosophical issues in quantum mechanics that readers will find intriguing. Testing these philosophical issues has now become experimentally possible, laying the groundwork for quantum computing, and broadening the book’s potential interest to students in related fields, including computer science, mathematics, and engineering. For a student’s first exposure to quantum mechanics the book offers a unique concentration on locality, entanglement, Bell’s theorem, and quantum gates. This valuable first edition delivers engaging explanations and illustrative examples for both classic problems solved by quantum mechanics and new ones that form the basis for quantum computing.

Dr. Bergman is the recipient of fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA, and NATO. He has published papers, some with student coauthors, in Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, Nature, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research, and Journal of Crystal Growth.Dr. Bergman has been a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University and a Visiting Professor at the École normale supérieure de Lyon in France. He is the Instructor in Volcanology with the Tropical Studies Signature Program on Montserrat and has been teaching at Simon's Rock since 1994. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Glasgow, and received his Ph.D. in Geophysics from MIT, and his B.A. in Geophysics from Columbia University.

1. Premature Quantum Mechanics
2. Some Necessary Math
3. The Essence of Quantum Mechanics
4. The Schrodinger Wave Equation: Wave Mechanics
5. A Few Simple (but Useful!) Quantum Mechanical Problems
6. The Stern-Gerlach Experiment
7. Operators: A Brief Peek at the Formal Structure of Quantum Mechanics
8. The Hydrogen Atom
9. Spin
10. Multi-Electron Atoms
11. Entangled States, Bell’s Theorem, and Quantum Gates

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.8.2026
Verlagsort	San Diego
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
ISBN-10	0-443-33060-3 / 0443330603
ISBN-13	978-0-443-33060-5 / 9780443330605
Zustand	Neuware