quantum physics: got any good links?

[super animator]

I been exposed to quantum physics in my chemistry class and it really fascinate me very much, so I wonder if there are any good links to this subject. Thanks.

 

[Cabal]

Hyperphysics is always a good starting point:

HyperPhysics Concepts

 

[AV1611VET]

HyperPhysics Concepts

Where does this fit in?

 

[azmurath]

Where does this fit in?

Do you even read the stuff you link to?

 

[Cabal]

Where does this fit in?

*whoosh*, over me 'ead.

Quantum field theory isn't my strong point, I'm afraid, sorry! I vaguely remember the name of the technique of renormalising, but as to how it work, I can't explain. Might hit the books later and see what I can dredge up (bad term, and my worst grade in my entire degree )

I can tell you it doesn't exactly fall under the category of basic quantum mechanics.

 

[Cabal]

Do you even read the stuff you link to?

Hey now, I believe that was a genuine question on AV's part.

 

[AV1611VET]

Hey now, I believe that was a genuine question on AV's part.

It was --- it really was.

I wasn't trying to be funny.

I'm just curious where that belongs on that chart you gave us.

That chart is quite a piece of work ---

 

[Cabal]

It was --- it really was.

I wasn't trying to be funny.

I'm just curious where that belongs on that chart you gave us.

That chart is quite a piece of work ---

Hyperphysics does look terrifying from the main menu diagram, as it were, I tend to dip in and out of specific articles from google. It's not the easiest to read at times, but it's probably the closest thing you'll get to a freshman-year physics text without having to track one down to loan or forking over the cash for one.

Well, that I know of, at any rate.

They don't seem to have anything related to QFT (quantum field theory, not the usual definition ) on the quantum mechanics chart. There is...marginally related material on this chart (Fundamental Forces).

I suspect that hints at some of the harder QFT stuff via particle physics, but probably remains at the basic level, not going near stuff like renorming.

But if that's the route it takes, I can't help you there. I studied QFT via condensed matter physics instead. Some of the basic concepts for that can be found here -> Quantum Statistics Concepts

 

[Michael]

I been exposed to quantum physics in my chemistry class and it really fascinate me very much, so I wonder if there are any good links to this subject. Thanks.

arXiv.org e-Print archive

There is a whole section on quantum physics so you can see what is going on recently in the field. I like to see what is new in astronomy and Arxiv is a pretty good resource.

 

[rahmiyn]

I been exposed to quantum physics in my chemistry class and it really fascinate me very much, so I wonder if there are any good links to this subject. Thanks.

I don't have any good links, but I found some excellent books written for the lay person if you're interested.

The God Particle by Leon Lederman
A Brief History of Time (10th Anniversary ed) by Stephen Hawking
The Matter Myth by Paul Davies and John Gribbin (excellent and easy to understand from a lay perspective.)
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter by Richard Feynman
Quantum Reality by Nick Herbert (I found this one easy to understand as well.)

I'm sure there are others, but I found the authors above were able to explain the complex (paradoxical) nature of the quanta in a way that was easier for me to conceptually understand.

All the best in your classes!

 

[Cabal]

I don't have any good links, but I found some excellent books written for the lay person if you're interested.

The God Particle by Leon Lederman
A Brief History of Time (10th Anniversary ed) by Stephen Hawking
The Matter Myth by Paul Davies and John Gribbin (excellent and easy to understand from a lay perspective.)
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter by Richard Feynman
Quantum Reality by Nick Herbert (I found this one easy to understand as well.)

"In Search of Schrodinger's Cat" by John Gribbin is also good, although there's probably some overlap between that and the other Gribbin one listed above.

arXiv.org e-Print archive

There is a whole section on quantum physics so you can see what is going on recently in the field. I like to see what is new in astronomy and Arxiv is a pretty good resource.

Indeed - it's worth bearing in mind however, super animator, that the most recent of these uploads will not be reviewed yet. However, the majority of them are and I would agree with Michael that arXiv is a great place to look up.

 

[jayem]

(Not a joke. The book really exists.)

 

[Dysnomia]

I'm a chemist and I'm going to be doing graduate work in the field. A good book to start with (it's a textbook, so sue me ) is Atkin's Physical Chemistry

http://bcs.whfreeman.com/pchem8e/default.asp?s=&n=&i=&v=&o=&ns=0&uid=0&rau=0