Constructing Reality : Quantum Theory and Particle Physics
John. Marburger
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2011
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (298 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Constructing Reality; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 The nature of things; 1.1 NATURE DOES NOT CONFORM TO OUR EXPECTATIONS; 1.2 EXPLANATION VERSUS DESCRIPTION; 1.3 PHYSICISTS KEEP TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE "UNEXPLAINED"; NOTES; 2 Matter and motion in space and time; 2.1 BERNHARD RIEMANN SPECULATES ON THE EMPIRICAL NATURE OF GEOMETRY; 2.2 THE WORK OF PHYSICS; 2.3 NEWTON'S UNVISUALIZABLE DESCRIPTION OF NATURE'S ACTION; 2.4 MAXWELL ADDS FIELDS TO THE LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE; 2.5 MAXWELL'S IMPACT (1): THE INVARIANT SPEED OF LIGHT; 2.6 EINSTEIN EXPOSES PREJUDICES ABOUT SPACE AND TIME. - 2.7 A DIGRESSION ON E = MC22.8 MINKOWSKI STRETCHES A NEW CANVAS FOR THE DEPICTION OF NATURE; 2.9 THE EVOLVING UNIVERSE AS A TAPESTRY OF WORLD-LINES IN SPACE-TIME; 2.10 EINSTEIN SAYS THE LAWS OF MOTION MUST NOT DEPEND UPON OURSELVES; 2.11 A NEW WAY OF THINKING ABOUT THE LAWS OF MOTION; 2.12 AN "EXPLANATION" FOR GRAVITY; 2.13 WEYL'S ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN ELECTROMAGNETISM; 2.14 REFLECTIONS ON RIEMANN'S IDEA OF GEOMETRY AS PHYSICS; NOTES; 3 Reality large and small; 3.1 DIGRESSION ON THE QUALITY OF KNOWLEDGE IN A UNIVERSE OF ATOMS; 3.2 MAXWELL'S IMPACT (2): THE MISMATCH BETWEEN PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - 3.3 PLANCK POSTULATES A RELATION BETWEEN ENERGY AND FREQUENCY3.4 THE MATTER WAVE OF DE BROGLIE AND SCHRÖDINGER; 3.5 MEANWHILE, BACK IN COPENHAGEN . . .; 3.6 MAX BORN'S STATISTICAL INTERPRETATION; 3.7 THE QUANTUM MICROSCOPIC WORLD VIEW: STEP 1; 3.8 SCHRÖDINGER'S CAT; 3.9 WAVES VERSUS PARTICLES; 3.10 ABOUT WAVES; 3.11 THE "UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE"; 3.12 AMPLITUDES AND PHASES; 3.13 QUANTUM PHASE AS A NEW "DIMENSION" OF NATURE, AND WEYL'S TRIUMPH; 3.14 ELECTROMAGNETISM "EXPLAINED"; NOTES; 4 The language of Nature; 4.1 MATHEMATICAL THINGS; 4.2 SCHRÖDINGER'S WAVE AS A SET OF VECTOR COMPONENTS. - 4.3 THE QUANTUM STATE VECTOR IS NOT OF THIS WORLD4.4 A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON UNCERTAINTY AND COMPLEMENTARITY; 4.5 MORE STRUCTURE FOR SCHRÖDINGER'S WAVE: "INTRINSIC SPIN"; 4.6 SPIN IS NOT ENOUGH; 4.7 THE POSITRON INTRUDES; 4.8 ANTI-MATTER; NOTES; 5 More is different; 5.1 THE QUANTUM MICROSCOPIC WORLD VIEW: STEP 2; 5.2 SYSTEMS WITH MULTIPLE EXCITATIONS; 5.3 QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; 5.4 GUESSING EQUATIONS OF MOTION; 5.5 "STATISTICS"; 5.6 ABOUT DETECTORS; 5.7 THE DISTURBING ARGUMENT OF EINSTEIN, PODOLSKY, AND ROSEN (EPR); 5.8 BELL'S INEQUALITY; 5.9 THE ENTANGLED UNIVERSE; NOTES. - 6 The machinery of particle discovery6.1 MAXWELL'S IMPACT (3): ATOMISM UNDERMINED; 6.2 PARTICLE SPECTROSCOPY; 6.3 THE BIG MACHINES; 6.4 NEUTRONS AND NEUTRINOS; 6.5 MORE INTERNAL "DIMENSIONS"? ISOSPIN; 6.6 MESONS AND THE RANGE OF FORCES; 6.7 IF ISOSPIN WERE "REAL"; 6.8 SYMMETRIES (1): CONSERVATION LAWS; 6.9 SYMMETRIES (2): GROUPS; 6.10 SYMMETRIES (3): GROUP REPRESENTATIONS; 6.11 THE GAME OF PARTICLE DISCOVERY; 6.12 UNITARITY AND RENORMALIZATION; 6.13 SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY BREAKING; NOTES; 7 The Standard Model; 7.1 LEPTONS; 7.2 QUARKS; 7.3 FORCES; 7.4 ELECTROMAGNETISM AND QED. - 7.5 THE STRONG FORCE AND QCD. - Essential guide to the world of particle physics, providing background to the bold ideas and challenges faced by physicists today.
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| Emner | Particles (Nuclear physics).
Quantum theory. Atomic Physics Elementærpartikler Vis mer... Kvanteteori
Physical Sciences & Mathematics Physics fysikk kvantefysikk kvanteteori quantum field theory standard model partikkelfysikk gauge-teorier |
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| ISBN | 9781107004832
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