Erwin Schrödinger - 50 Years After

Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961) was an Austrian physicist famous for the equation named after him and which earned him the Nobel Prize in 1933. This book contains lectures presented at the international symposium Erwin Schrödinger – 50 Years After held at the Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics in January 2011 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Schrödinger’s death. The text covers a broad spectrum of topics ranging from personal reminiscences to foundational questions of quantum mechanics and historical accounts of Schrödinger’s work. Besides the lectures presented at the symposium the volume also contains articles specially written for this occasion. The contributions give an overview of Schrödinger’s legacy to the sciences from the standpoint of some of present day’s leading scholars in the field. The book addresses students and researchers in mathematics, physics and the history of science. Erwin Schrödinger personal reminiscences / by Walter Thirring Schrödinger and the genesis of wave mechanics / by Jürgen Renn Do we understand quantum mechanics finally? / by Jürg Fröhlich and Baptiste Schubnel Schrödinger's cat and her laboratory cousins / by Anthony J. Leggett Digital and open system quantum simulation with trapped ions / by Markus Müller and Peter Zoller Optomechanical Schrödinger cats a case for space / by Rainer kaltenbaek and Markus Aspelmeyer A quantum discontinuity : the Bohr-Schrödinger dialogue / by Helge Kragh The debate between Hendrik A. Lorentz and Schrödinger on wave mechanics / by Anne J. Kox A few reasons why Louis de Broglie discovered Broglie's waves and yet did not discover Schrödinger's equation / by Olivier Darrigol.