{"product_id":"fundamentals-of-photon-physics","title":"Fundamentals Of Photon Physics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe photon, an abstract concept belonging to a global vacuum, only manifests itself during\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einteraction with matter. Fundamentals of Photon Physics describes the richly faceted, basic theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof photon-matter interaction, selecting a wide number of topics. Together with the author’s book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLight -- The Physics of the Photon (CRC, 2014), both written on a scholarly level, the reader is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egiven a comprehensive exposition of photon wave mechanics, quantum optics and quantum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eelectrodynamics (QED).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided into 10 parts, the book begins by exploring the relation between photon wave mechanics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand quantum field theory. It then describes the theories of zero- and one-photon states and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat of bi-photons. After discussing conservation laws, Lagrangian formulations, geometric\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ephase and topology, the author turns towards the theory of photon scattering, emphasizing a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edensity matrix operator approach and the role of microscopic extinction theorems. The book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enext focuses on mesoscopic QED, devoting particular attention to collective jellium excitations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand photon-spin interactions. Special attention is given to the basics of the photon-magnon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einteraction and nonlinear superconductor electrodynamics, including the nonlinear Meissner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erectification phenomenon, before studying the theory of transverse photons tied to (dressing)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emassive particles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe last three parts take the reader on a journey to topics usually not treated in books on photon-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ematter interaction. Beginning with photons in curved space-time structures and in spatially\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecurved media, e.g. Möbius bands, the author discusses the extension of QED to the electro-weak\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einteraction at an introductory level. Fundamentals of Photon Physics ends with the establishment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the set of isovector Maxwell equations in non-Abelian SO(3) gauge theory, leading to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe celebrated hedgehog monopole model.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOle Keller\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of theoretical physics at Aalborg University, Denmark. He earned his Licentiate (~ PhD) degree in semiconductor physics from the Danish Technical University in Copenhagen in 1972, and the Doctor of Science degree from the University of Aarhus (1996). In 1989 he was appointed as the first professor in physics at Aalborg University by Margrethe Den Anden, queen of Denmark. The same year he was admitted to Kraks Blaa Bog, a prestigious Danish biographical dictionary which (citatum) ”Includes men and women, whose life story could have an interest for a wider public”. He is a fellow of the Optical Society of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has written the books entitled Quantum Theory of Near-Field Electrodynamics (Springer, 2011) and LIGHT - The Physics of the Photon (CRC, 2014), as well as the monographs Local Fields in the Electrodynamics of Mesoscopic Media (Physics Reports, 1996) and On the Theory of Spatial Localization of Photons (Physics Reports, 2005). He is the editor of the books Nonlinear Optics in Solids (Springer, 1990), Studies in Classical and Quantum Nonlinear Optics (Nova Science, 1995) and Notions and Perspectives of Nonlinear Optics (World Scientific, 1996).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent years he has carried out theoretical research in fundamental photon physics, microscopic few-photon diffraction, mesoscopic and Möbius band electrodynamics, and studied magnetic monopole theory based on QED and the isovector Maxwell equations in non-Abelian gauge symmetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57198579614078,"sku":"NW9780367457266","price":127.73,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780367457266.jpg?v=1778549465","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/fundamentals-of-photon-physics","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}