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Tonomura, Akira was born on April 25, 1942 in Tokyo. Son of Hideo and Masa Tonomura.
(This is an introduction to electron holography, a newly d...)
This is an introduction to electron holography, a newly developed technique for observing and measuring microscopic structures of matter and fields using the wave nature of electrons. It describes principles, experimental details, and observation examples for vortices in superconductors, the magnetic domain structure in ferromagnets, and for fundamental phenomena of quantum mechanics.
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30 years ago, the Aharonov-Bohm effect was predicted for the first time; since then, this quantum phenomenon which so grossly irritates a physical intuition trained in Maxwellian electrodynamics, has been discussed and studied both experimentally and theoretically. A thorough understanding of the Aharonov-Bohm effect has substantial bearing on the foundations and interpretation of quantum mechanics, on the understanding of gauge theories and on the role of topological methods in mathematical physics. In the meantime, decisive precision measurements have experimentally confirmed the predictions of Aharonov and Bohm. In Part One of this book M. Peshkin outlines the theoretical ideas that are actually tested in the experiments described by A. Tonomura in Part Two. Both authors give a complete and pedagogically well written description of the Aharonov-Bohm effect and its measurement. The book is accessible to everybody interested in quantum mechanics and its foundations, in particular to students. The presentation also reviews the historical developments in some detail.
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Tonomura, Akira was born on April 25, 1942 in Tokyo. Son of Hideo and Masa Tonomura.
Bachelor, Tokyo University, 1965. Doctor of Engineering, Nagoya (Japan) University, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, Gakushuin (Japan) University, 1993.
Senior researcher, Control Research Laboratory, Kokubunji, Tokyo., 1975-1985; senior chief research scientist, Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., Hatoyama and Saitama, Japan, since 1985.
(30 years ago, the Aharonov-Bohm effect was predicted for ...)
(30 years ago, the Aharonov-Bohm effect was predicted for ...)
(This is an introduction to electron holography, a newly d...)
Member National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate).
Married Miwako Hamada, 1975. Children: Osamu, Masaru.