A01=Roland Omnes
Author_Roland Omnes
Bell's theorem
Bernard d'Espagnat
Calculation
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Chaos theory
Classical electromagnetism
Classical mechanics
Classical physics
Coherent states
Complete set of commuting observables
Conjugate variables
Consistent histories
Continuous spectrum
Copenhagen interpretation
Correspondence principle
Creation and annihilation operators
Density matrix
Dissipation
Double-well potential
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
Einstein relation (kinetic theory)
Energy level
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Equation
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Gleason's theorem
Hamiltonian mechanics
Harmonic oscillator
Heisenberg's microscope
Hidden variable theory
Hilbert space
Inference
Interaction picture
Interpretations of quantum mechanics
Irreversible process
Joule effect
Measurement
Measurement in quantum mechanics
Mutual exclusivity
Observable
Operator (physics)
Path integral formulation
Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics)
Phase space
Photon
Physicist
Physics beyond the Standard Model
Pilot wave
Planck constant
Probability
Projection method (fluid dynamics)
Quantity
Quantum decoherence
Quantum entanglement
Quantum fluctuation
Quantum harmonic oscillator
Quantum indeterminacy
Quantum logic
Quantum mechanics
Quantum number
Quantum state
Quantum superposition
Quantum system
Resonance
Schrodinger equation
Semiclassical physics
Stern-Gerlach experiment
Theoretical physics
Theory
Uncertainty principle
Variable (mathematics)
Wave function
Product details
- ISBN 9780691004358
- Weight: 624g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 28 Mar 1999
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Here Roland Omnes offers a clear, up-to-date guide to the conceptual framework of quantum mechanics. In an area that has provoked much philosophical debate, Omnes has achieved high recognition for his Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (Princeton 1994), a book for specialists. Now the author has transformed his own theory into a short and readable text that enables beginning students and experienced physicists, mathematicians, and philosophers to form a comprehensive picture of the field while learning about the most recent advances. This new book presents a more streamlined version of the Copenhagen interpretation, showing its logical consistency and completeness. The problem of measurement is a major area of inquiry, with the author surveying its history from Planck to Heisenberg before describing the consistent-histories interpretation. He draws upon the most recent research on the decoherence effect (related to the modern resolution of the famous Schrodinger's cat problem) and an exact formulation of the correspondence between quantum and particle physics (implying a derivation of classical determinism from quantum probabilism).
Interpretation is organized with the help of a universal and sound language using so-called consistent histories. As a language and a method, it can now be shown to be free of ambiguity and it makes interpretation much clearer and closer to common sense.
Roland Omnès is Professor of Physics at the University of Paris XI. His books include Quantum Philosophy: Understanding and Interpreting Contemporary Science (see p. 22 in this catalog), The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (Princeton), L'Univers et ses Metamorphoses, and Introduction to Particle Physics.
