The Quantum Vacuum: An Introduction to Quantum Electrodynamics

The Quantum Vacuum : An Introduction to Quantum Electrodynamics
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Author Peter W. Milonni
Country United States
Language English
Subject Modern physics
Genre Non-fiction
Publisher
Publication date
 November 1993
Media type Print, e-book
Pages 539 pp.
ISBN 0-12-498080-5
OCLC 28709624
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The Quantum Vacuum: An Introduction to Quantum Electrodynamics is a physics textbook authored by Peter W. Milonni in 1993. The book provides a careful and thorough treatment of zero-point energy, spontaneous emission, the Casimir, van der Waals forces, Lamb shift and anomalous magnetic moment of the electron at a level of detail not found in other introductory texts to quantum electrodynamics.

The first chapter, Zero‐Point Energy in Early Quantum Theory, was originally published in 1991 in the American Journal of Physics.

In 2008 Milonni received the Max Born Award "For exceptional contributions to the fields of theoretical optics, laser physics and quantum mechanics, and for dissemination of scientific knowledge through authorship of a series of outstanding books".

References

  • Milonni, P. W.; Shih, M.‐L. (1991). "Zero‐point energy in early quantum theory". American Journal of Physics. 59 (8): 684–698. Bibcode:1991AmJPh..59..684M. doi:10.1119/1.16772. ISSN 0002-9505.
  • Milonni, Peter W.; Eberlein, Claudia (1994). "The Quantum Vacuum: An Introduction to Quantum Electrodynamics". American Journal of Physics. 62 (12): 1154–1154. Bibcode:1994AmJPh..62.1154M. doi:10.1119/1.17618. ISSN 0002-9505.
  • Milonni, Peter W. (1994). The Quantum Vacuum: An Introduction to Quantum Electrodynamics. Boston: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-498080-5. LCCN 93029780. OCLC 422797902.
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