This book provides unique and comprehensive conceptual explanations of
quantum field theory and the standard model of particle physics. How
can fundamental particles exist as waves in the vacuum? How can such
waves have particle properties such as inertia? What is behind the
notion of virtual particles? Why and how do particles exert forces on
one another? Not least: What are forces anyway? These are some of the
central questions that have intriguing answers in Quantum Field Theory
and the Standard Model of Particle Physics. Unfortunately, these
theories are highly mathematical, so that most people—even many
scientists—are not able to fully grasp their meaning. This book
untangles these theories in a conceptual non-mathematical way, using
more than 190 figures and extensive explanations and will provide the
nonspecialist with great insights that are not to be found in the
popular science literature. This fully revised and expanded second
edition adds remarkable insights into the transition from quantum to
classical world using the concepts of quantum decoherence, while also
explaining "collapse of the wave function", tunnelling and quantum
computing.
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ISBN
9783030987534
Publisert
2022
Utgave
2. utgave
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Vendor
Springer
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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