Quantum Physics of Light and Matter
Photons, Atoms, and Strongly Correlated Systems
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This compact but exhaustive textbook, now in its significantly revised and expanded second edition, provides an essential introduction to the field quantization of light and matter with applications to atomic physics and strongly correlated systems. Following an initial review of the origins of special relativity and quantum mechanics, individual chapters are devoted to the second quantization of the electromagnetic field and the consequences of light field quantization for the description of electromagnetic transitions. The spin of the electron is then analyzed, with particular attention to its derivation from the Dirac equation. Subsequent topics include the effects of external electric and magnetic fields on the atomic spectra and the properties of systems composed of many interacting identical particles. The book also provides a detailed explanation of the second quantization of the non-relativistic matter field, i.e., the Schrödinger field, which offers a powerful tool for theinvestigation of many-body problems, and of atomic quantum optics and entanglement. Finally, two new chapters introduce the finite-temperature functional integration of bosonic and fermionic fields for the study of macroscopic quantum phenomena: superfluidity and superconductivity. Several solved problems are included at the end of each chapter, helping readers put into practice all that they have learned.
This compact but exhaustive textbook, now in its significantly revised and expanded second edition, provides an essential introduction to the field quantization of light and matter with applications to atomic physics and strongly correlated systems. Following an initial review of the origins of special relativity and quantum mechanics, individual chapters are devoted to the second quantization of the electromagnetic field and the consequences of light field quantization for the description of electromagnetic transitions. The spin of the electron is then analyzed, with particular attention to its derivation from the Dirac equation. Subsequent topics include the effects of external electric and magnetic fields on the atomic spectra and the properties of systems composed of many interacting identical particles. The book also provides a detailed explanation of the second quantization of the non-relativistic matter field, i.e., the Schrödinger field, which offers a powerful tool for theinvestigation of many-body problems, and of atomic quantum optics and entanglement. Finally, two new chapters introduce the finite-temperature functional integration of bosonic and fermionic fields for the study of macroscopic quantum phenomena: superfluidity and superconductivity. Several solved problems are included at the end of each chapter, helping readers put into practice all that they have learned.
Provides a concise but comprehensive introduction to the quantum properties of light–matter interaction and strongly correlated systems Revised and expanded second edition including two new chapters on superfluidity of atoms and superconductivity of electrons within the framework of functional integration Includes solved problems at the end of each chapter Offers a modern perspective on canonical quantization of fields, thermal field theory, quantum entanglement, and functional integration Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Luca Salasnich
Themen in »Quantum Physics of Light and Matter«
Advanced quantum physics textbook Hartree-Fock Variational Method Many-electron Systems Origins of Modern Physics Second Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field Stark and Zeeman Effects The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation The Second Quantization of the Non-relativistic Matter Field Quantum field theory of light and matter Electromagnetic transitions for atoms Density functional theory for electrons Quantum entanglement Ultracold atoms and quantum liquids Superfluids and superconductors