The Thermodynamics of Black Holes -- to Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime and the Hawking Effect -- Large N Field Theories, String Theory and Gravity -- Lectures on D-branes, Tachyon Condensation, and String Field Theory -- Billiard Dynamics of Einstein-Matter Systems Near a Spacelike Singularity -- Tall Tales from de Sitter Space -- Causal Sets: Discrete Gravity -- Thermaldecay of the Cosmolo…
Introduction -- The Source of Examples -- Invariance Equation in the Differential Form -- Film Extension of the Dynamics: Slowness as Stability -- Entropy, Quasi-Equilibrium and Projector Field -- Newton Method with Incomplete Linearization -- Quasi-chemical Representation -- Hydrodynamics from Grad's Equations: Exact Solutions -- Relaxation Methods -- Method of Invariant Grids -- Method of Nat…
to Wolfgang Pauli’s Dialogue with C.G. Jung -- Wolfgang Pauli, the Copenhagen School and Philosophy -- The Copenhagen School and Psychology -- Pauli and Jung -- Incarnation and Quantum Physics -- Summary and Concluding Remarks."The Innermost Kernel" recounts the physicist and Nobel Laureate Wolfgang Pauli and his interest in Jungian psychology, philosophy and western world-view. It is also an…
Lectures -- Investigating Physical Systems with Optical Spectroscopy -- Light-Matter Interactions on the Femtosecond Time Scale -- Photons and Photon Statistics: From Incandescent Light to Lasers -- Carrier-Wave Nonlinear Optics -- Carotenoid Excited States-Photophysics, Ultrafast Dynamics and Photosynthetic Functions -- Spectroscopy of Quantum Wells and Superlattices -- Lasers for Frontier Spe…
Invited Articles -- Progress in Quantum Algorithms -- NMR Quantum Information Processing -- Quantum Computing with Trapped Ion Hyperfine Qubits -- Ion Trap Quantum Computing with Ca+ Ions -- Quantum Information Processing in Cavity-QED -- Quantum Information Processing with Trapped Neutral Atoms -- The Road to a Silicon Quantum Computer -- Controlling Spin Qubits in Quantum Dots -- Spin-based Q…
Introduction -- Feynman Integrals: Basic Definitions and Tools -- Evaluating by Alpha and Feynman Parameters -- Evaluating by Mellin-Barnes Representation -- IBP and Reduction to Master Integrals -- Reduction to Master Integrals by Baikov's method -- Evaluation by Differential Equations -- Appendix A. Tables -- Appendix B. Some Special Functions -- Appendix C. Summation Formulae -- Appendix D. …
Editorial Article -- Role of Entanglement in Quantum Computing and Information Processing -- Quantum Ensembles and Quantum Informatics -- Entanglement in Quantum Information Processing -- Easy Control Over Fermionic Computations -- Multiatom and Multiphoton Entanglement -- Multiatom and Multiphoton Entanglement -- On the Advanced Wave Model of Parametric Down-Conversion -- Quantum Logics Based …
What is a Law of Nature? -- Are there Laws of Nature at All? -- Can the Laws of Nature be Genuine Laws? -- Are the Laws of Logic Laws of Nature? -- Are the Laws of Mathematics Laws of Nature? -- Properties of Laws -- Does Every Law of Nature Express an Invariance (Symmetry)? -- Is Every Law of Nature Spacetime Invariant? -- Dynamical and Statistical Laws -- Laws, Boundary Conditions, and Consta…
Nonrelativistic Many-Particle Systems -- Second Quantization -- Spin-1/2 Fermions -- Bosons -- Correlation Functions, Scattering, and Response -- Relativistic Wave Equations -- Relativistic Wave Equations and their Derivation -- Lorentz Transformations and Covariance of the Dirac Equation -- Orbital Angular Momentum and Spin -- The Coulomb Potential -- The Foldy—Wouthuysen Transformation and …
Spherical Symmetry -- Coulomb Problem -- Particles with Spin -- Qubits -- Composite Systems -- Quantum Information Theory -- Relativistic Systems in One Dimension -- The Dirac Equation.Advanced Visual Quantum Mechanics is a systematic effort to investigate and to teach quantum mechanics with the aid of computer-generated animations. It is a self-contained textbook that combines selected topics …