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Particles, Fields and Forces
A Conceptual Guide to Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model, The Frontiers Collection
ISBN/EAN: 9783030987527
Umbreit-Nr.: 5163666
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xi, 349 S., 1 s/w Illustr., 195 farbige Illustr.,
Format in cm:
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 22.09.2022
Auflage: 2/2022
- Zusatztext
- 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 peopleeven many scientistsare 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.
- Kurztext
- Provides unique conceptual explanations of quantum field theory and the standard model of particle physicsIncludes new material on quantum decoherence and its implicationsContains no math but full of insights into how the universe works
- Autorenportrait
- Wouter J.M. Schmitz, born in 1970, studied physics in Amsterdam. He worked at CERN for an assignment at the Spin Muon Collaboration (SMC) and later as a summer student at a LEP experiment. He graduated at Nikhef Amsterdam in 1994. He has subsequently worked in IT and also holds an MBA degree. Today, Wouter works as a leading digital architect, retaining nonetheless a deep and informed interest in conceptual problems in physics.