Quantum Mechanics > s.a. experiments
in quantum mechanics; 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 mech) and Schrödinger
(wave mech) in 1925; 1925, Formulated in the Dreimännerarbeit by
Born, Heisenberg and Jordan; Equivalence shown by Schrödinger
in 1926; Group theory approach by Weyl.
@ General references: Van der Waerden ed-67; Dirac 74; Mehra pr(76);
Elsasser 78; Tagliaferri; 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)qp;
Taketani & Nagasaki
02; Perovic SHPMP(08) [equivalence of matrix and wave mechanics].
@ Early quantum theory: Darrigol HSPS(88), HSPS(91)
[statistics and combinatorics]; Antoci & Liebscher AFLB(96)phy/97 [Wentzel's
approach, precursor of Feynman's]; Bucher a0802 [old
Bohr-Sommerfeld theory]; Steward 08;
Boffi a0806-QSF [1925–1927].
@ Planck: Giulini & Straumann qp/00;
Kragh pw(00)dec;
Studart RBEF(00)phy/01;
Büttner et al SHPMP(03)
[and Einstein].
@ Bohr: Mehra FP(87)
[discussions with Einstein, Heisenberg
and Schrödinger]; Caruso & Oguri a0806 [re Bohr's atomic model].
@ Schrödinger:
Mehra 87, FP(87),
FP(87),
FP(88);
Straumann qp/01-in.
@ 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].
@ Majorana: Drago & Esposito FP(04)phy [and
group theory]; De Gregorio & Esposito AJP(07)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 phy/06/PiP
[1966
Tausk controversy]; Duncan & Janssen phy/06,
phy/06 [Van
Vleck], a0709 [Jordan,
wave-particle duality for light].
Specific Topics > s.a. locality; measurement; time
in quantum theory; thermal
radiation.
@ General references: Nilson in(76) [bibliography]; Kuhn 78 [early]; Squires
85
[fundamental
physics]; Hoddeson et al RMP(87)
[metals]; Milonni & Shih AJP(91)
[zero-point energy]; Tomonaga 98 [spin]; Straumann qp/04-in
[exclusion
principle]; Brush HSPBS(07)
[photon]; Angelow a0710 [uncertainty relation].
@ Path integrals: Klauder qp/03; Sauer
a0801-in [Einstein and Feynman].
@ Interpretations: Beller 99 [Copenhagen]; Freire HSPBS(05)phy
[Bohm's], phy/06-in
[Wigner's role]; Bacciagaluppi & Valentini qp/06; > s.a. foundations and interpretations [Copenhagen];
Nikolic phy/07 [Bohr and Bohm, hypothetical].
@ Experiments: Freire SHPMP(06)phy/05
[Bell's theorem and quantum optics].
Quantum Field Theory > s.a. casimir
effect; other areas [particle physics];
quantum field theory.
* Idea: The failure
to construct a relativistically invariant position eigenstate was a contributing
factor in the demise of the so-called relativistic quantum
mechanics, in favor of quantum field theories (> see locality).
* 1930s: Concept of
annihilation and creation operators introduced by Jordan (the first one who
realized that everything is made of field quanta), and viewed with suspicion
by Pauli.
* 1947: The short
paper Hans Bethe published after the Shelter Island meeting, a calculation
of the Lamb shift that showed good agreement with the experimental value,
convinced the experts that QED was physically correct and no radically new
theory was needed.
@ General references: Rüger HSPS(92);
Brown ed-93 [renormalization]; Schroer
ht/98.
@ QED: Schweber 94;
Dyson PT(05)oct
[Bethe]; Kinoshita IJMPA(06)
[Tomonaga]; Esposito phy/06,
FP(07)phy/06 [Majorana
manuscripts].
@ Quantum gravity: Rovelli gq/00-MG9;
> s.a. history of relativistic physics.
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