Quantum Mechanics: FundamentalsQuantum mechanics was already an old and solidly established subject when the first edition of this book appeared in 1966. The context in which a graduate text on quantum mechanics is studied today has changed a good deal, however. In 1966, most entering physics graduate students had a quite limited exposure to quan tum mechanics in the form of wave mechanics. Today the standard undergraduate curriculum contains a large dose of elementary quantum mechanics, and often intro duces the abstract formalism due to Dirac. Back then, the study of the foundations by theorists and experimenters was close to dormant, and very few courses spent any time whatever on this topic. At that very time, however, John Bell's famous theorem broke the ice, and there has been a great flowering ever since, especially in the laboratory thanks to the development of quantum optics, and more recently because of the interest in quantum computing. And back then, the Feynman path integral was seen by most as a very imaginative but rather useless formulation of quantum mechanics, whereas it now plays a large role in statistical physics and quantum field theory, especially in computational work. For these and other reasons, this book is not just a revision of the 1966 edition. It has been rewritten throughout, is differently organized, and goes into greater depth on many topics that were in the old edition. |
Contents
II | 1 |
III | 2 |
IV | 6 |
V | 11 |
VII | 12 |
VIII | 14 |
IX | 19 |
X | 20 |
CXLIV | 306 |
CXLV | 307 |
CXLVI | 311 |
CXLVII | 312 |
CXLVIII | 314 |
CXLIX | 316 |
CL | 317 |
CLI | 320 |
XI | 24 |
XII | 27 |
XIII | 29 |
XIV | 30 |
XV | 32 |
XVI | 35 |
XVII | 38 |
XVIII | 39 |
XIX | 40 |
XX | 43 |
XXI | 46 |
XXII | 50 |
XXIII | 52 |
XXIV | 54 |
XXVI | 56 |
XXVII | 59 |
XXVIII | 60 |
XXX | 65 |
XXXI | 66 |
XXXII | 67 |
XXXIII | 70 |
XXXIV | 71 |
XXXV | 72 |
XXXVI | 73 |
XXXVII | 74 |
XXXVIII | 76 |
XXXIX | 81 |
XL | 82 |
XLI | 84 |
XLIII | 85 |
XLIV | 87 |
XLV | 89 |
XLVI | 92 |
XLVIII | 95 |
XLIX | 98 |
L | 99 |
LI | 102 |
LII | 104 |
LIII | 106 |
LIV | 109 |
LV | 111 |
LVI | 113 |
LVII | 116 |
LVIII | 120 |
LIX | 121 |
LX | 125 |
LXI | 127 |
LXII | 128 |
LXIII | 133 |
LXV | 135 |
LXVI | 137 |
LXVII | 140 |
LXVIII | 142 |
LXX | 144 |
LXXI | 147 |
LXXII | 149 |
LXXIII | 150 |
LXXIV | 153 |
LXXV | 156 |
LXXVI | 159 |
LXXVII | 161 |
LXXVIII | 162 |
LXXIX | 165 |
LXXX | 166 |
LXXXII | 169 |
LXXXIII | 174 |
LXXXV | 175 |
LXXXVI | 178 |
LXXXVII | 181 |
LXXXVIII | 184 |
LXXXIX | 186 |
XC | 188 |
XCII | 190 |
XCIII | 194 |
XCIV | 196 |
XCV | 198 |
XCVII | 202 |
XCVIII | 204 |
XCIX | 213 |
C | 216 |
CI | 217 |
CII | 218 |
CIII | 222 |
CIV | 225 |
CV | 228 |
CVI | 233 |
CVII | 235 |
CVIII | 238 |
CX | 240 |
CXI | 242 |
CXII | 243 |
CXIII | 245 |
CXV | 249 |
CXVI | 250 |
CXVII | 252 |
CXVIII | 254 |
CXX | 257 |
CXXI | 260 |
CXXII | 263 |
CXXIII | 266 |
CXXIV | 267 |
CXXV | 269 |
CXXVI | 270 |
CXXVII | 272 |
CXXVIII | 275 |
CXXIX | 276 |
CXXX | 279 |
CXXXI | 281 |
CXXXII | 283 |
CXXXIII | 286 |
CXXXIV | 287 |
CXXXV | 289 |
CXXXVI | 290 |
CXXXVII | 292 |
CXXXVIII | 295 |
CXXXIX | 297 |
CXLI | 299 |
CXLII | 301 |
CXLIII | 304 |
CLIII | 322 |
CLIV | 324 |
CLV | 326 |
CLVI | 327 |
CLVII | 329 |
CLVIII | 331 |
CLIX | 334 |
CLX | 335 |
CLXI | 340 |
CLXIII | 345 |
CLXIV | 346 |
CLXV | 350 |
CLXVI | 353 |
CLXVII | 354 |
CLXVIII | 356 |
CLXIX | 357 |
CLXX | 358 |
CLXXI | 361 |
CLXXII | 364 |
CLXXIII | 368 |
CLXXV | 373 |
CLXXVI | 376 |
CLXXVII | 377 |
CLXXVIII | 378 |
CLXXIX | 379 |
CLXXX | 382 |
CLXXXI | 383 |
CLXXXII | 385 |
CLXXXIII | 388 |
CLXXXIV | 390 |
CLXXXV | 392 |
CLXXXVII | 395 |
CLXXXVIII | 397 |
CLXXXIX | 403 |
CXC | 404 |
CXCI | 407 |
CXCII | 409 |
CXCIII | 412 |
CXCIV | 414 |
CXCV | 415 |
CXCVI | 417 |
CXCVII | 421 |
CXCVIII | 424 |
CC | 428 |
CCI | 433 |
CCII | 435 |
CCIII | 437 |
CCIV | 438 |
CCV | 441 |
CCVI | 443 |
CCVII | 448 |
CCVIII | 450 |
CCX | 452 |
CCXI | 454 |
CCXII | 455 |
CCXIII | 458 |
CCXIV | 460 |
CCXV | 461 |
CCXVI | 463 |
CCXVII | 466 |
CCXVIII | 468 |
CCXX | 470 |
CCXXI | 474 |
CCXXII | 476 |
CCXXIV | 478 |
CCXXV | 482 |
CCXXVI | 485 |
CCXXVII | 486 |
CCXXVIII | 488 |
CCXXIX | 492 |
CCXXX | 495 |
CCXXXI | 496 |
CCXXXII | 501 |
CCXXXIII | 503 |
CCXXXIV | 506 |
CCXXXV | 507 |
CCXXXVI | 513 |
CCXXXVII | 516 |
CCXXXVIII | 518 |
CCXXXIX | 519 |
CCXL | 520 |
CCXLI | 521 |
CCXLII | 524 |
CCXLIII | 526 |
CCXLIV | 527 |
CCXLV | 530 |
CCXLVI | 535 |
CCXLVII | 539 |
CCXLVIII | 540 |
CCXLIX | 544 |
CCL | 546 |
CCLI | 547 |
CCLII | 548 |
CCLIII | 550 |
CCLIV | 551 |
CCLV | 554 |
CCLVI | 558 |
CCLVIII | 562 |
CCLIX | 566 |
CCLX | 570 |
CCLXI | 572 |
CCLXII | 574 |
CCLXIII | 575 |
CCLXIV | 577 |
CCLXV | 579 |
CCLXVI | 580 |
CCLXVII | 584 |
CCLXVIII | 587 |
CCLXIX | 589 |
CCLXXI | 591 |
CCLXXII | 593 |
CCLXXIII | 595 |
CCLXXIV | 597 |
CCLXXV | 600 |
CCLXXVI | 605 |
CCLXXVII | 607 |
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Common terms and phrases
angle arbitrary atom Born approximation classical coefficients coherent collision commutation rules complete components Consider constants of motion coordinate Coulomb field cross section defined density matrix determine diagonal Dirac equation distribution eigenstates eigenvalues elastic scattering electromagnetic field electron energy example expectation value expression factor follows free particle H₁ Hamiltonian Heisenberg picture helicity Hence Hermitian Hilbert space identical incident inelastic interaction invariant kets Lorentz magnetic field matrix elements momenta nonrelativistic nuclear observables optical orbital oscillator parameters parity partial wave perturbation theory photon physics polarization potential Prob probability problem produce propagator quantization quantum mechanics quantum numbers reflection relativistic requires resonance result rotation satisfy scattering amplitude Schrödinger equation Show sin² solution spectrum spherical spin spinor subspace symmetry tensor theorem total angular momentum unitary operator unitary transformation vanishes variables vector operator wave function zero ΦΩ
References to this book
Quantum Mechanics: Foundations and Applications Arno Bohm,Arno Böhm,M. Loewe No preview available - 1993 |