The Quantum Nature of Materials

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This self-contained book takes the reader on a journey from the basic facts about atoms to topics at the forefront of current condensed matter research, giving students a broad view of materials science. The contents grew out of the lectures on solid state physics given to both theorists and experimentalists in the US who had little previous background in the area. The topics are of direct relevance for the interpretation of experimental data. Even if they may not be of chronological order, their universality is emphasized. The mathematics is simplified without sacrificing precision, providing an intuitive understanding of the phenomena discussed. The book is easily accessible to any mathematically inclined scientist or engineer with a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics. Request Inspection Copy Sample Chapter(s) Introduction Contents: Introduction Atoms and Molecules Crystals Elasticity Phonons Electrons in Crystals The Free Electron Gas Disordered Electronic Systems Semiconductors Electron–Phonon Interactions Magnetism Phase Transitions Magnetic Excitations The Interacting Electron Gas Superconductivity Phase Fluctuations Index Readership: Graduate students and researchers with an interest to pursue specific topics in materials science research.

The Quantum Particle Illusion: Conceptual Quantum Mechanics

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Problems with the conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics date back to attempts by Max Born, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, as well as many others in the 1920s to continue to employ the classical concept of a particle in the context of the quantum world. The experimental observations at the time and the assumption that the classical concept of a particle was to be preserved have led to an enormous literature on the foundations of quantum mechanics and a great deal of confusion then and now among non-physicists and students in any field that involves quantum theory. It is the historical approach to the teaching of quantum mechanics that is at the root of the problem. Spacetime is the arena within which quantum mechanical phenomena take place. For this reason, several Appendices are devoted to the nature of spacetime as well as to topics that can help us understand it such as vacuum fluctuations, the Unruh effect and Hawking radiation. Because of the success of quantum mechanical calculations, those who wish to understand the foundations of the theory are often given the apocryphal advice, "just ignore the issue and calculate". It is hoped that this book will help dispel some of the dismay, frustration, and confusion among those who refuse to take to heart this admonition. Sample Chapter(s) Preface Introduction Contents: Preface Introduction The Photon: History of a Misrepresentation The Concept of a Particle Reinterpreting the Wavefunction Matter and Its Motion Appendices: Spacetime Curved Spacetime: Illusory Particles? The Vacuum and the Cosmological Constant Problem Readership: Students and physicists interested in quantum mechanics.