Quantum mechanics : principles, new perspectives, extensions and interpretation / Olavo Leopoldino da Silva Filho.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silva Filho, Olavo Leopoldino da, author.

Series:

Physics research and technology.

Physics Research and Technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The interpretation of Quantum Mechanics has been the source of an intense debate since its earlier years of existence. The present book takes a different path to disclosure of a complete and self-contained interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. Beginning from its mathematical foundations, from which the Schrödinger equation is mathematically derived in six different but complementary ways, the book is capable of constructing an interpretation that follows closely the formalism of the theory, thus avoiding each and every weird construct of the other proposals, such as the "reduction of the wave packet", the Copenhagen Interpretation, "non-locality and wholeness", Hidden Variable theories, the Relative State Interpretation, and many other concepts that render Quantum Mechanics its (much infamous but also glorified) fame of a hermetic theory when it comes to its interpretation. Each derivation of the Schrödinger equation is shown equivalent to the others in precise mathematical terms, while these mathematical developments are kept at a level comprehensive for any graduate student in Physics, Chemistry or Mathematics. It allows the reader to understand how the constructs involved in one derivation compose with the constructs of all the other derivations to bring about a lively image of the interpretation of the theory. Many simulations are presented such that the reader can see what is going on within any quantum mechanical phenomenon.

Contents:

Historical background-XIXth century and beyond

The characteristic function derivation

The entropy derivation

The stochastic derivation

Quantum mechanics and the central limit theorem

Langevin equations for quantum mechanics

Classical representation of the spin

Operator formation and phase space distributions

On reality, locality and bell¿s inequalities

Indistinguishability

Special and general relativistic quantum mechanics

The interpretation of quantum mechanics.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63117-458-4