Beyond Measure: Modern Physics, Philosophy, and the Meaning of Quantum TheoryWhen 30% of the world's manufacturing economy is based upon quantum theory it may come as a surprise that most people do not understand the theory. This second edition of Jim Baggott's explanatory text has been rearranged so that the mathematical explanations are collected in the appendices. |
Contents
An act of desperation | 3 |
Bohrs theory of the atom | 19 |
Quarks and the standard model | 53 |
Quantum rules | 59 |
Quantum measurement | 75 |
The schism | 97 |
The Copenhagen interpretation | 103 |
The aim and structure of physical theory | 109 |
The expansion theorem and quantum projections | 311 |
State vectors and classical unit vectors | 314 |
fermions and bosons | 316 |
Projection amplitudes for photonpolarization states | 318 |
Quantum measurement and expectation values | 322 |
Complementary observables of twoparticle states | 324 |
Quantum measurement and the infinite regress | 325 |
Von Neumanns impossibility proof | 327 |
realism versus antirealism | 116 |
Bells theorem and local reality | 140 |
Bohms version of the EPR experiment | 146 |
Generalization of Bells inequality | 158 |
How fast is instantaneous? | 169 |
Closing the locality loophole | 176 |
11 | 207 |
An irreversible act | 223 |
Superpositions of distinct macroscopic states | 238 |
Many worlds one universe | 263 |
Closing remarks | 286 |
Blackbody radiation and the origin of the quantum | 294 |
Special relativity and de Broglies hypothesis | 300 |
Schrödingers wave equation | 302 |
Diracs relativistic quantum theory of the electron | 305 |
The expectation value | 307 |
Photon spin correlations | 329 |
Quantum versus local hidden variable correlations | 332 |
Bells inequality | 335 |
Bells inequality for nonideal cases | 337 |
Threephoton GHZ states | 339 |
The ClauserHorneShimonyHolt form of Bells inequality | 343 |
testing complementarity | 345 |
The quantum eraser | 347 |
Beam me up Scotty | 350 |
The de BroglieBohm theory | 352 |
Neutron worlds | 355 |
Bibliography | 357 |
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Common terms and phrases
amplitudes angular momentum apparatus Appendix argued argument atom beamsplitter behaviour Bell's inequality Bohm Bohr Bohr's cavity circular polarization classical physics collapse concepts consciousness Copenhagen interpretation correlated decoherence described detected Dirac eigenstates Einstein electromagnetic electron emission emitted energy entangled equation experiment experimental Feynman field filter frequency Heisenberg hidden variable theory horizontally polarized interaction interpretation of quantum large number linear polarization macroscopic magnetic many-worlds interpretation mathematical matrix matrix mechanics measurement eigenstates measuring device molecules motion Neumann neutron non-locality observer operator orbit orientations pairs pass path philosophical photomultiplier physicists Planck's polarization analyser polarized light polarized photons position possible postulate predictions probability problem properties quantum entities quantum measurement quantum mechanics quantum number quantum particles quantum system quantum theory quarks radiation result Schrödinger scientists simple slits socks space special relativity spin spin quantum superposition theoretical trajectory University Press vector vertically polarized wave function wave mechanics Wigner's friend
References to this book
Quantum Mechanics: Its Early Development and the Road to Entanglement Edward G. Steward Limited preview - 2008 |