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Quantum Mechanics

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Franz Schwabl

    1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität München, Garching, Fed. Rep. of Germany

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Historical and Experimental Foundations

    • Franz Schwabl
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Wave Function and the Schrödinger Equation

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    Pages 11-41

  4. One-Dimensional Problems

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    Pages 43-89

  5. The Uncertainty Relation

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    Pages 91-99

  6. Angular Momentum

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    Pages 101-112

  7. The Central Potential I

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    Pages 113-135

  8. Motion in an Electromagnetic Field

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    Pages 137-150

  9. Operators, Matrices, State Vectors

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    Pages 151-174

  10. Spin

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    Pages 175-183

  11. Addition of Angular Momenta

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    Pages 185-193

  12. Approximation Methods for Stationary States

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    Pages 195-205

  13. Relativistic Corrections

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    Pages 207-217

  14. Several-Electron Atoms

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    Pages 219-249

  15. The Zeeman Effect and the Stark Effect

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    Pages 251-261

  16. Molecules

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    Pages 263-280

  17. Time Dependent Phenomena

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    Pages 281-302

  18. The Central Potential II

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    Pages 303-314

  19. Scattering Theory

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    Pages 315-341

  20. Supersymmetric Quantum Theory

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    Pages 343-355
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A student's first course on quantum mechanics provides the foundation essential for much of his or her future work in physics, be it in atomic, elementary particle, or solid state physics. This introductory textbook contains not only the foundations and many applications of quantum mechanics, but also new aspects and their experimental verification. It has as its particular virtues clarity and conciseness of presentation, while at the same time being self-contained. Comprehensibility is further guaranteed by the inclusion of all the mathematical steps required for a complete understanding. Carefully chosen problems help to consolidate the student's knowledge. In the introductory chapters, starting from the historical evolution of the subject, the fundamental postulates are developed inductively by means of an interference experiment. Thereafter the structure is purely deductive, covering all of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, plus the quantization of the radiation field in the context of optical transitions. As well as the quantum mechanical "essentials", for instance, detailed treatments of scattering theory, time dependent phenomena, and the density matrix, such topics as the theory of quantum mechanical measurement and the Bell inequality are dis- cussed. A separate chapter is devoted to supersymmetric quantum mechanics, an area which to date has been accessible only in the research literature.

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"Any student wishing to develop mathematical skills and deepen their understanding of the technical side of quantum theory will find Schwabl’s QUANTUM MECHANICS very helpul…wherever helpful the author has illustrated the mathematical concepts with important practical examples. Recently, on the track of an elusive problem associated with the WKB approximation, I found Schwabl’s text more helpful than most.”

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  • Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität München, Garching, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Franz Schwabl

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