More Than One Mystery: Explorations in Quantum Interference

1 Fields Without Forces.- 1.1 The Enigma of Quantum Interference.- 1.2 Confined Fields and Electron Interference.- References.- 2 Around and Around: The Rotating Electron in Electromagnetic Fields.- 2.1 Broken Symmetry of the Charged Planar Rotator.- 2.2 The Two-Dimensional Rotator in an Electric Field.- 2.3 The Two-Dimensional Rotator in a Magnetic Field.- 2.4 The Two-Dimensional Rotator in a Vector Potential Field.- 2.5 Fermions, Bosons, and Things In-Between.- 2.6 Quantum Interference in a Metal Ring.- References.- 3 Interferometry of Correlated Particles.- 3.1 Ghostly Correlations: Wave and Spin.- 3.2 The AB—EPR Effect with Two Solenoids.- 3.3 The AB—HBT Effect in a Two-Slit Interferometer.- 3.4 Correlated Particles in a Mach—Zehnder Interferometer.- 3.5 Brighter Than a Million Suns: Electron Beams from Atom-Size Sources.- References.- 4 Quantum Boosts and Quantum Beats.- 4.1 Interfering Pathways in Time.- 4.2 Laser-Generated Quantum Beats.- 4.3 Nonlinear Effects in a Three-Level Atom.- 4.4 Correlated Beats from Entangled States.- References.- 5 Sympathetic Vibrations: The Atom in Resonant Fields.- 5.1 Beams, Bottles, and Electric Resonance.- 5.2 Two Perspectives of the Two-Level Atom.- 5.3 Oscillating Field Theory.- 5.4 Resonance and Coherent States: The Tell-Tale Mark of a Quantum Jump.- 5.5 Quantum Interference in Separated Oscillating Fields.- 5.6 Ion Interferometry and Tests of Gauge Invariance.- References.- 6 The Quantum Physics of Handedness.- 6.1 Optical Activity of Mirror-Image Molecules.- 6.2 Quantum Interference and Parity Conservation.- 6.3 Optical Activity of Rotating Matter.- References.

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