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A Development of Quantum Mechanics

Based on Symmetry Considerations

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  • © 1984

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Authors:
  1. George H. Duffey

    1. Department of Physics, South Dakota State University, USA

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Part of the book series: Fundamental Theories of Physics (FTPH, volume 2)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Quantization of Translatory Motion

    • George H. Duffey
    Pages 1-37

  3. Quantization of Rotatory Motion

    • George H. Duffey
    Pages 38-75

  4. Quantization of Vibratory Motion

    • George H. Duffey
    Pages 76-109

  5. Radial Motion in a Coulombic Field

    • George H. Duffey
    Pages 110-142

  6. Quantum Mechanical Operators

    • George H. Duffey
    Pages 143-172

  7. Wave Packets, Potentials, and Forces

    • George H. Duffey
    Pages 173-211

  8. Angular Motion in a Spherically Symmetric Field

    • George H. Duffey
    Pages 212-241

  9. Operators for Angular Momentum and Spin

    • George H. Duffey
    Pages 242-271

  10. Propagation, Spreading, and Scattering

    • George H. Duffey
    Pages 272-301

  11. Investigating Multiparticle Systems

    • George H. Duffey
    Pages 302-327

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 328-342
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About this book

The theory of quantum mechanics continues to appear arbitrary and abstruse to new students; and to many veterans, it has become acceptable and useable only because it is familiar. Yet, this theory is at the basis of all modern physics, chem­ istry, and engineering, describing, as it does, the behavior of the submicroscopic particles making up all matter. So it needs to be presented more effectively to a diverse audience. The primary question is, I believe, 'What can be considered self-evident?' Indeed, what do certain key experiments reveal about the workings of nature? How can we consider that some probabilities are not a result of our ignorance, but instead, fundamental properties? We must pay particular attention to the subject of what we can do, what we cannot do, and what we can and cannot observe. We can prepare a homogeneous beam of almost independent particles by boiling electrons out of a metal and accelerating them by a given potential drop. We cannot follow an electron in­ dividually in the beam without introducing conditions that destroy the beam's homogeneity, but we can detennine when electrons arrive at a given position.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, South Dakota State University, USA

    George H. Duffey

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Development of Quantum Mechanics

  • Book Subtitle: Based on Symmetry Considerations

  • Authors: George H. Duffey

  • Series Title: Fundamental Theories of Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5201-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8800-8Published: 26 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-5201-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0168-1222

  • Series E-ISSN: 2365-6425

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 356

  • Topics: Quantum Physics

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