Radhika Vathsan

Introduction to Quantum Physics and Information Processing

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Requiring no background in quantum physics, this text guides beginners in understanding the current state of research in the novel, interdisciplinary area of quantum information. Suitable for undergraduate and beginning graduate students in physics, mathematics, or engineering, the book goes deep into issues of quantum theory without raising the technical level too much. It describes basic algorithms used in quantum computation and addresses key elements of quantum information. Examples, exercises, problems, and references encourage hands-on practice and further exploration.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 164mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781482238112
• ISBN-10: 148223811X
• Artikelnr.: 40922540

Autorenporträt

Radhika Vathsan is an associate professor in the Department of Physics at BITS Pilani, Goa Campus. She earned a PhD in theoretical physics from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences Chennai and did her postdoc work at Harish Chandra Research Institute Allahabad. Her research interests include mathematical physics, many-body physics, high-energy physics, quantum computation and information, and foundations of quantum mechanics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preliminaries: Introduction. A Simple Quantum System. Theoretical
Framework: The Essentials of Quantum Mechanics. Mixed States, Open Systems,
and the Density Operator. Computation Models and Computational Complexity.
Quantum Computation: Quantum Gates and Circuits. Quantum Algorithms.
Quantum Information: Information and Communication. Quantum Error
Correction. Characterization of Quantum Information.