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- Teach the student how to use the essentials of quantum mechanics to understand the relation between seemingly different systems in atomic, nuclear and astrophysics
- Obtain a good working knowledge of how to estimate orders of magnitude
- Emerged from courses given to physics students preparing their exams at the advanced undergraduate level
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Quantum physics may appear complicated, especially if one forgets the "big picture" and gets lost in the details. However, it can become clearer and less tangled if one applies a few fundamental concepts so that simplified approaches can emerge and estimated orders of magnitude become clear. Povh and Rosina’s Scattering and Structures presents the properties of quantum systems (elementary particles, nucleons, atoms, molecules, quantum gases, quantum liquids, stars, and early universe) with the help of elementary concepts and analogies between these seemingly different systems. The original German-language edition of this book was written for students preparing for their final oral examination in physics. By and large, the scope of the book in English has been essentially enlarged and thus may also be of interest for physicists in general.
Authors and Affiliations
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Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
Bogdan Povh
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Department of Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mitja Rosina
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Scattering and Structures
Book Subtitle: Essentials and Analogies in Quantum Physics
Authors: Bogdan Povh, Mitja Rosina
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27844-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-27844-3Published: 06 December 2005
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 264
Topics: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Physics, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Particle and Nuclear Physics