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Introductory quantum mechanics

By: Liboff, Richard LMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: San Francisco : Addison-Wesley, c2003Edition: 4th edDescription: xvii, 878 pages : illustrationsISBN: 9780805387148; 0805387145 Subject(s): Quantum theoryDDC classification: 530.12 Online resources: Click here to access online

Contents:

Part I. Elementary principles and applications to problems in one dimension -- Review of concepts of classical mechanics -- Historical review: experiments and theories -- The postulates of quantum mechanics. Operators, eigenfunctions, and eigenvalues --Preparatory concepts. Function spaces and hermitian operators -- Superposition and compatible observables -- Time development, conservation theorems, and parity -- Additional one-dimensional problems. Bound and unbound states -- Finite potential well, periodic lattice, and some simple problems with two degrees of freedom -- Part II. Further development of the theory and applications to problems in three dimensions. Angular momentum -- Problems in three dimensions -- Elements of matrix mechanics. Spin wavefunctions -- Application to atomic, molecular, solid-state, and nuclear physics. Elements of quantum statistics -- Perturbation theory -- Scattering in three dimensions -- Relativistic quantum mechanics -- Quantum computing.

Summary: Careful and detailed explanations of challenging concepts, and comprehensive coverage in this quantum mechanics text, aim to set the standard in physics education. Included in this edition is a new chapter on the revolutionary topic of quantum computing.

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Includes index

Part I. Elementary principles and applications to problems in one dimension --
Review of concepts of classical mechanics --
Historical review: experiments and theories --
The postulates of quantum mechanics. Operators, eigenfunctions, and eigenvalues --Preparatory concepts. Function spaces and hermitian operators --
Superposition and compatible observables --
Time development, conservation theorems, and parity --
Additional one-dimensional problems. Bound and unbound states --
Finite potential well, periodic lattice, and some simple problems with two degrees of freedom --
Part II. Further development of the theory and applications to problems in three dimensions. Angular momentum --
Problems in three dimensions --
Elements of matrix mechanics. Spin wavefunctions --
Application to atomic, molecular, solid-state, and nuclear physics. Elements of quantum statistics --
Perturbation theory --
Scattering in three dimensions --
Relativistic quantum mechanics --
Quantum computing.

Careful and detailed explanations of challenging concepts, and comprehensive coverage in this quantum mechanics text, aim to set the standard in physics education. Included in this edition is a new chapter on the revolutionary topic of quantum computing.

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