Quantum Mechanics With Basic Field Theory
ISBN: 9780521877602 | 0521877601
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 12/21/2009
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Students and instructors alike will find this organized, detailed approach to quantum mechanics ideal for a two-semester graduate course. Topics are covered in logical order through concise, highly focused chapters, and over 200 exercises aid understanding of the subject. Password-protected solutions are available to instructors at www.cambridge.org/9780521877602.
This textbook covers, step-by-step, important topics in quantum mechanics, from traditional subjects like bound states, perturbation theory and scatterin... MORE
This textbook covers, step-by-step, important topics in quantum mechanics, from traditional subjects like bound states, perturbation theory and scatterin... MORE
| Preface | |
| Basic formalism | |
| Fundamental commutator and time evolution of state vectors and operators | |
| Dynamical equations | |
| Free particles | |
| Particles with spin 1/2 | |
| Gauge invariance, angular momentum and spin | |
| Stern-Gerlach experiments | |
| Some exactly solvable bound state problems | |
| Harmonic oscillator | ... MORE |
| Coherent states | |
| Two-dimensional isotropic harmonic oscillator | |
| Landau levels and quantum Hall effect | |
| Two-level problems | |
| Spin 1/2 systems in the presence of magnetic field | |
| Oscillation and regeneration in neutrino and neutral K-mesons as two-level systems | |
| Time-independent perturbation for bound states | |
| Time-dependent perturbation | |
| Interaction of charged particles and radiation in perturbation theory | |
| Scattering in one dimension | |
| Scattering in three dimensions - a formal theory | |
| Partial wave amplitudes and phase shifts | |
| Analytic structure of the S-matrix | |
| Poles of the Green's function and composite systems | |
| Approximation methods for bound states and scattering | |
| Lagrangian method and Feynman path integrals | |
| Rotations and angular momentum | |
| Symmetry in quantum mechanics and symmetry groups | |
| Addition of angular momenta | |
| Irreducible tensors and Wigner-Eckart theorem | |
| Entangled states | |
| Special theory of relativity: Klein Gordon and Maxwell's equation | |
| Klein Gordon and Maxwell's equation | |
| Dirac equation | |
| Dirac equation in the presence of spherically symmetric potentials | |
| Dirac equation in a relativistically invariant form | |
| Interaction of Dirac particle with electromagnetic field | |
| Multiparticle systems and second quantization | |
| Interactions of electrons and phonons in condensed matter | |
| Superconductivity | |
| Bose Einstein condensation and superfluidity | |
| Lagrangian formulation of classical fields | |
| Spontaneous symmetry breaking | |
| Basic quantum electrodynamics and Feynman diagrams | |
| Radiative corrections | |
| Anomalous magnetic moment and Lamb shift | |
| Appendix | |
| References | |
| Index | |
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