History of Quantum Physics |
Quantum Mechanics in General
> s.a. history of XX century physics; path integrals.
* Idea: First indication with
Planck's quantum hypothesis, 1900; Patchwork theory developed by Einstein
(photon), Bohr (atomic model), de Broglie (matter waves); Reworked from scratch
by Heisenberg (matrix mechanics) and Schrödinger (wave mechanics) in 1925;
1925, Formulated in the Dreimännerarbeit by Born, Heisenberg and
Jordan; Equivalence shown by Schrödinger in 1926; 1927, Hilbert-space
formulation by John von Neumann; Group theory approach by Weyl; 2000s, Some call
the development of Quantum Information Science the second quantum revolution.
@ General references:
Peierls CP(64),
reprint CP(09);
Van der Waerden ed-67;
Dirac 74;
Mehra pr(76);
Tagliaferri 77;
Elsasser 78;
Feuer 82;
Mehra & Rechenberg 82–87;
Cline 87;
Whittaker 87;
Jammer 89;
Darrigol Rech(90), 92;
Stehle 94;
Fano RNC(95);
Duck & Sudarshan 00;
Kleppner & Jackiw Sci(00)qp;
Tegmark & Wheeler SA(01)feb-qp;
Taketani & Nagasaki 02;
Whitaker 06;
Lindley 07 [1913-1927];
Perovic SHPMP(08) [equivalence of matrix and wave mechanics];
Darrigol SHPMP(09) [simplified arguments];
Capellmann a1606 [1900-1927].
@ Books, I: Newton 09; Baggott 11.
@ Planck: Giulini & Straumann qp/00;
Kragh pw(00)dec;
Studart RBEF(00)phy/01;
Büttner et al SHPMP(03) [and Einstein];
Nauenberg AJP(16)sep;
Passon & Grebe-Ellis EJP(17)-a1703 [Planck's radiation law and the teaching of quantum mechanics].
@ Bohr-Sommerfeld theory: Bucher a0802;
Seth SHPSA(08) [Sommerfeld];
Giulini a1109-ch [Max Born's book];
Pelogia & Brasil EPJH(17)-a1708 [Ishiwara's 1915 article];
> s.a. Old Quantum Theory.
@ Bohr: Mehra FP(87)
[discussions with Einstein, Heisenberg and Schrödinger];
Caruso & Oguri ONCP(09)-a0806 [re Bohr's atomic model];
Kragh 12, a1309;
Hon & Goldstein a1406 [Bohr's theory and previous ones];
Dorato a1608;
Ford TPT(18)oct [his first 1913 paper].
@ Other early quantum theory: Darrigol HSPS(88),
HSPS(91) [statistics and combinatorics];
Antoci & Liebscher AFLB(96)phy/97 [Wentzel's approach, precursor of Feynman's];
Steward 08
[r CP(12)];
Boffi a0806/QSF [1925–1927];
Fedak & Prentis AJP(09)feb [1925 Born & Jordan paper];
Jones 08 [r PT(09)may Eckert];
Bernstein a1202
[Sommerfeld argument for Planck's constant from the Wien displacement law];
Duncan & Janssen a2003 [1900–1927].
@ Schrödinger: Bloch PT(76)dec;
Mehra 87, FP(87),
FP(87),
FP(88);
Straumann qp/01-conf.
@ Heisenberg: Effros mp/04 [matrix mechanics].
@ Einstein: Pais RMP(79);
Howard in(90) [pre-EPR]; Fine 96 [Einstein's position];
Campos phy/04 [photon in 1923];
Giulini in(05)phy;
Norton SHPMP(06) [light quanta];
Straumann a1703 [1916 paper on the theory of radiation];
Yajnik a1905-BIPA [light, Bose and de Broglie];
Farouki & Grangier a1907-conf,
Stacey a2003-conf [Einstein-Bohr debate].
@ Majorana: Drago & Esposito FP(04)phy [and group theory];
De Gregorio & Esposito AJP(07)sep-phy/06 [Fermi, Majorana, and teaching];
Esposito phy/06 [and path integrals].
@ Other people: Lochak in(84) [de Broglie];
Schücking PT(99)oct [Jordan];
Bokulich SHPMP(04) [Dirac vs Heisenberg];
Ram qp/05 [Planck's oscillator and Heisenberg's mechanics];
Pessoa et al PiP-phy/06 [1966 Tausk controversy];
Duncan & Janssen phy/06,
phy/06 [Van Vleck],
a0709 [Jordan, wave-particle duality for light];
Gottfried AJP(11)mar-a1006 [Dirac's contributions];
Duncan & Janssen EPJH(13)-a1204 [Pascual Jordan and John von Neumann].
Specific Topics and Applications > s.a. many-worlds
interpretation; QBism; time in quantum theory.
@ General references: Nilson in(76) [bibliography];
Kuhn 78 [early];
Squires 85 [fundamental physics];
Hoddeson et al RMP(87) [metals];
Milonni & Shih AJP(91)aug [zero-point energy];
Tomonaga 98 [spin];
Straumann qp/04-conf [exclusion principle];
Brush HSPBS(07) [photon];
Angelow a0710 [uncertainty relation];
Nanni a1501 [hydrogen atom];
Yajnik a1701 [photon].
@ Relativistic quantum mechanics:
Kim & Noz Symm-a2008 [Dirac];
Esposito AP(12)-a1110 [Majorana and others];
Barley et al a2012 [Schrödinger].
@ Path integrals: Klauder qp/03;
Sauer a0801-proc [Einstein and Feynman];
Kaiser 11 [and counterculture, parapsychology].
@ Entanglement, non-locality, correlations, Bell's theorem:
Gilder 09
[I, rec];
Camilleri SHPMP(09) [entanglement and decoherence];
Hadjiivanov & Todorov BulgJP-a1506;
Gillis IJQF-a1506
[Wiseman, Cavalcanti, and Rieffel's interpretation of Bell's work];
Arianrhod Cosm(17)oct.
@ Foundations, interpretations: Beller 99 [Copenhagen];
Freire HSPBS(05)phy [Bohm's],
in(07)phy/06 [Wigner's role];
Bacciagaluppi & Valentini 09,
comment Holland CP(11)-a1409;
Nikolić AJP(08)phy/07 [Bohr and Bohm, hypothetical];
Herzenberg a0812 [Grete Hermann];
Osnaghi et al SHPMP(09) [Everett's];
Freire SHPMP(09) [around 1970];
Camilleri 09 [Heisenberg];
Pechenkin SHPMP(12) [early statistical interpretations];
Baracca et al SHPMP(17)-a1608 [Italy in the 1970s];
Bricmont a1703-conf
[conceptual issues systematically misunderstood by physicists];
> s.a. foundations and interpretations [Copenhagen];
Dieks SHPMP-a1801 [Von Neumann, Bell and hidden variables];
Del Santo a2011-in [Post-War Italy];
Mohrhoff QS:MF-a2011
[Bohr, objectivity, and the irreversibility of measurements];
Drezet & Stock AFLdB(10/21) [1951 letter from David Bohm to de Broglie].
@ Experiments: Freire SHPMP(06)phy/05 [Bell's theorem and quantum optics];
Bromberg HSNS(08);
van Dongen a1505-conf [the Einstein-Rupp experiments];
> s.a. experiments in quantum mechanics;
Stern-Gerlach Experiment.
@ Applications: Esposito & Naddeo a1309 [quantum theory of the chemical bond].
> Other aspects: see aharonov-bohm effect;
Hanbury Brown–Twiss Effect [photons]; locality;
measurement; thermal radiation.
Quantum Field Theory > s.a. history of particle physics
[including QCD, QED, standard model]; quantum field theory.
@ General references:
Darrigol AP-P(84);
Rüger HSPS(92) [infinities];
Schroer RVMP(95)ht/94,
ht/98-JMP;
Kaiser 05 [Feynman diagrams];
Close 11;
't Hooft a1503-in [from QED to grand unification];
Blum SHPMP-a2011
[how it became a scattering-based theory].
@ Specific people: Cini AP(03),
Schroer EPJH(11)-a1010,
Dittrich EPJH(15)-a1501 [Pascual Jordan's legacy];
Schroer a1612 [Rudolf Haag].
@ In curved spacetime:
Parker & Navarro-Salas a1702,
Grib & Pavlov IJMPA(20)-a2004 [early universe, particle creation].
> Other aspects: see anomalies.
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