The Quantum Divide: Why Schrödinger's Cat is Either Dead or Alive

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Christopher C. Gerry (Department of Physics, Lehman College, City University of New York) Kimberley M. Bruno (Vice Principal, Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design, Brooklyn, New York)

The Quantum Divide

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Why Schrödinger's Cat is Either Dead or Alive

Christopher C. Gerry (Department of Physics, Lehman College, City University of New York), Kimberley M. Bruno (Vice Principal, Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design, Brooklyn, New York)

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Oxford University Press
05 March 2013

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Light (optics); Atomic & molecular physics; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory)

Using a selection of key experiments performed over the past 30 years or so, we present a discussion of the strikingly counter-intuitive phenomena of the quantum world that defy explanation in terms of everyday ""common sense"" reasoning, and we provide the corresponding quantum mechanical explanations with a very elementary use of associated formalism. Most, but certainly not all, of the experiments we describe are optical experiments involving a very small number of photons (particles of light). We begin with experiments on the wave-particle duality of electrons, proceed to experiments on the particle nature of light and single photon interference, delayed choice experiments and interaction-free detection, then go on to experiments involving the interference of two photons, quantum entanglement and Bell's Theorem, quantum teleportation, large-scale quantum effects and the divide between the classical and quantum worlds, addressing the question as to whether or not there is such a divide.

By: Christopher C. Gerry (Department of Physics Lehman College City University of New York), Kimberley M. Bruno (Vice Principal, Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design, Brooklyn, New York)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 218mm, Width: 147mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 422g
ISBN: 9780199666560
ISBN 10: 0199666563
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 05 March 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

<br>Christopher Gerry is Professor of Physics at Lehman College, The City University of New York, where his areas of research include theoretical quantum optics, quantum information theory, quantum metrology and sensing, and group theoretical methods in quantum optics and quantum theory in general. <br>Kimberley Bruno is Vice Principal of Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design, Brooklyn, New York.<br>

Reviews for The Quantum Divide: Why Schrödinger's Cat is Either Dead or Alive

An instructive and entertaining read - an excellent example of what 'popular science for scientists' should be. [...] It gives a balanced and up-to-date account of fascinating quantum phenomena well beyond the double-slit experiment and Schrodinger's cat paradox. It also advocates a more relaxed approach. Quantum mechanics is weird, but not that weird. Nature Physics The burgeoning fields of quantum computing, information processing and simulation develop rapidly as a consequence of theoretical insight and technological developments. The latter have enabled us to take single atoms or ions and count single photons, and many of the thought experiments discussed in earlier treatments of quantum physics have now been conducted in laboratories. This lucid account by Gerry and Bruno presents a mature discussion of the link between the microscopic quantum and the macroscopic classical worlds and will be useful for professional physicists, students and the educated layman. Ifan Hughes, Durham University