Quantum Mechanics and its applications are a vibrant, central part of today’s research in both experimental and theoretical physics. Designed for the one-semester course, Quantum Mechanics expertly guides students through rigorous course material, providing comprehensive explanations, accessible examples, and intuitive equations. This text’s in-depth coverage of essential topics, such as harmonic oscillator, barrier penetration, and hydrogen atoms, skillfully bridges the gap between sophomore introduction texts and lower-level graduate treatments. Students will find this user-friendly text, with numerous examples and applications, sets a solid foundation for future courses in the area of Quantum Mechanics.
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This book provides a carefully structured and complete exposition of quantum mechanics and illustrates the common threads linking many different phenomena and subfields of physics.
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[8.2] A. Einstein, B. Podolsky, and N. Rosen, “Can quantum-mechanical description of physical reality be considered complete?,” Phys. Rev. 47, 777 (1935). [8.3] S. Gröblacher et al., “An experimental test of non-local realism,” Nature ...
How to Apply Quantum Theory to Modern Physics Jean-Louis Basdevant, Jean Dalibard. Section 27.3: The phenomenon of Bloch Oscillations 27.3.1. Preparation of the Initial State (a) Suppose that the initial state has a well defined Bloch ...
The function S, which is the phase of the wave function, is also equal to a function appearing in classical mechanics, namely, Hamilton's principal function.f To verify this, we note that S satisfies the following differential ...
This text shows that insights in quantum physics can be obtained by exploring the mathematical structure of quantum mechanics.
(E.3) 2 Detailed presentations of the Gupta–Bleuler method can be found in S.N. Gupta, Quantum Electrodynamics Gordon and Breach, New York, 1977; C. Itzykson and J.-B. Zuber, Quantum Field Theory McGraw Hill, New York, 1980; F. Mandl ...
Classic undergraduate text explores wave functions for the hydrogen atom, perturbation theory, the Pauli exclusion principle, and the structure of simple and complex molecules. Numerous tables and figures.
Elements of Quantum Mechanics