Quantum Physics for Dummies (Steven Holzner, 2009)


  • Eigenstate - a quantum mechanical state corresponding to an eigenvalue of a wave equation
  • Eigenvalue - each of a set of values of a parameter for which a differential equation has non-zero solution (an eigenfunction) under given conditions
  • Harmonics oscillators - physics setup with periodic motion
  • Schrodinger equation - changes over time of a physical system such as wave particle duality are significant
  • Hamiltonian - total energy of the system
  • Stern-Gerlach Experiment revealed the existence of postulating spin
  • Fermions - half-integer spin like electrons, protons, neutrons
  • Bosons - integer spin like photons, pi mesons
  • Pauli matrices - angular momentum operator that corresponds to an observable describing the spin of a spin ½ particle
  • Spherical Bessel - canonical solutions of Bessel’s differential equation, related to Neumann functions
  • Photoelectric effect - emission of electrons or offer free carriers when light shines on a material
  • Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle - you can’t simultaneously measure a particle’s position and momentum exactly
  • Quantum tunneling - getting into electrostatic field using only limited energy


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