Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 408 Seiten, laminated boards, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 825 g
Reihe: Oxford Series on Neutron Scattering in Condensed Matter
Lessons in Experimental Quantum Mechanics, Wave-Particle Duality, and Entanglement
Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 408 Seiten, laminated boards, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 825 g
Reihe: Oxford Series on Neutron Scattering in Condensed Matter
ISBN: 978-0-19-850027-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press
experiences all four fundamental forces of nature (strong, weak, electromagnetic, and gravitational), interferometry with neutrons provides a fertile testing ground for theory and precision measurements. Many Gedanken experiments of quantum mechanics have become real due to neutron interferometry. This
book provides the reader with a detailed account of neutron interferometry experiments. The basic ideas and experiments related to coherence properties of matter waves and various post-selection criteria, gravitationally induced phase shifts, Berry's geometrical phase, spinor symmetry and spin superposition, Aharonov-Bohm topological interference effects, and the neutron version of the Sagnac effect are presented in a self-contained and pedagogical way. Interferometry with perfect crystals,
artificial lattices, and spin-echo systems are topics of this book. It includes the theoretical motivations as well as connections to other areas of experimental physics, such as quantum optics, nuclear physics, gravitation, and atom interferometry. The book is written in a style that will be suitable
at the beginning graduate level, and will excite many students and researchers in neutron physics, quantum optics, and atomic physics. Lecturers teaching courses in modern physics and quantum mechanics will find a number of interesting and historic experiments they may want to include in their lectures.