Quantum mechanics : fundamentals

Kurt Gottfried, Tung-Mow Yan

638 pages, parution le 24/07/2003 (2^eme édition)

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Résumé

This text builds a solid introduction to the concepts and techniques of quantum mechanics in settings where the phenomena treated are sufficiently simple that the student does not face two fundamental difficulties simultaneously: viz, that of learning quantum mechanics and that of learning how to assess the validity of models or the reliability of approximations.

The treatment thus confines itself to systems that can either be solved exactly or be handled by well-controlled, plausible approximations. With few exceptions, this means systems with a small number of degrees of freedom. The exceptions are a first pass at many-electron atoms, the electromagnetic field, and the Dirac equation. (The inclusion of these last two topics reflects the now widely held belief that every physicist should have at least a nodding acquaintance with these cornerstones of modern physics.)

Fundamental Concepts
The Formal Framework
Basic Tools
Low Dimensional Systems
Hydrogenic Atoms
Two-Electron Atoms
Symmetries
Elastic Scattering
Inelastic Collisions
Electrodynamics
Systems of Identical Particles
Interpretation
Relativistic Quantum Mechanics

Appendix
Index

L'auteur - Kurt Gottfried

Born in Vienna, Kurt Gottfried emigrated to Canada in 1939 and received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from MIT in 1955. He is professor of physics at Cornell University, and had previously been at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and at CERN in Geneva. He is the co-author of "Concepts of Particle Physics" (with V.F. Weisskopf), and of "The Fallacy of Star Wars and Crisis, Stability, and Nuclear War". Gottfried has an active interest in arms control and human rights and is a founder and currently the Chair of the Union of Concerned Scientists.

L'auteur - Tung-Mow Yan

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Kurt Gottfried, Tung-Mow Yan
Parution	24/07/2003
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	638
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1020g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780387955766
ISBN13	978-0-387-95576-6