个人简介

H-J Stockmann was born in 1945 in Gottingen, Germany. He started his studies in physics and mathematics in 1964 at the University of Heidelberg. He performed his diploma work in experimental physics, on Optical spectroscopy which the finished in 1969. For his doctoral work he changed to nuclear solid state physics, with experiments at the research reactor of the Kernforschungszentrum karlsruhe.

内容简介

This book introduces the quantum mechanics of classically chaotic systems, or Quantum Chaos for short. The basic concepts of quantum chaos can be grasped easily by any student of physics, but the underlying physical prin-ciples tend to be obscured by the mathematical apparatus used to describe it. The author's philosophy, therefore, has been to keep the discussion simple and to illustrate theory, wherever possible, with experimental or numerical examples. The microwave billiard experiments, initiated by the author and his group, play a major role in this respect. A basic knowledge of quantum mechanics is assumed.