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Quantum Physics for Non-Physicists

Class at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
NJSF059

Syllabus

Fundamental principles of classical mechanics Quantum particle interference and the superposition principle Wave mechanics - basic examples An overview of the formal structure of quantum mechanics Collapse of the wave function and nonlocality of quantum mechanics Interpretations of quantum mechanics Pure and mixed states, decoherence On the quantum field theory Quantum computing

Annotation

A course of lectures oriented mainly to students of nonphysical branches of the Faculty. One-particle interference phenomena and basic postulates of quantum mechanics, simple quantum systems, the quantum non-locality and Bell inequalities, quantum information and decoherence, quantum cryptography, teleportation, quantum computers.