Testing Quantum Mechanics on New Ground [Paperback]

Simple accounts of experiments which test the counterintuitive and bizarre consequences of quantum theory.Recent technological advances have made it possible to perform experiments which test the counterintuitive and bizarre consequences of quantum theory. This book provides simple accounts of these experiments and an understanding of what they aim to prove and why this is important. The text includes discussion of new predictions such as the Aharanov-Bohm effect and introduces the theory behind new types of quantum measuring devices such as micromasers. Suitable for non-specialists, this book will appeal to graduate students and researchers interested in the physics and philosophy of quantum theory.Recent technological advances have made it possible to perform experiments which test the counterintuitive and bizarre consequences of quantum theory. This book provides simple accounts of these experiments and an understanding of what they aim to prove and why this is important. The text includes discussion of new predictions such as the Aharanov-Bohm effect and introduces the theory behind new types of quantum measuring devices such as micromasers. Suitable for non-specialists, this book will appeal to graduate students and researchers interested in the physics and philosophy of quantum theory.Recent technological advances have made it possible to perform experiments, once considered to be purely gedanken, which test the counterintuitive and bizarre consequences of quantum theory. This book provides simple accounts of these experiments and an understanding of what they aim to prove and why this is important. After introducing the main theoretical concepts and problems with the foundations of quantum mechanics, early chapters discuss experiments in the areas of wave-particle duality, cavity quantum electrodynamics and quantum nondemolition measurement. The text then examines investigation of new predictions, including the Aharanov-Bohm effect, before tackling the problel3¨