Quantum Mechanics with Basic Field Theory
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Quantum Mechanics with Basic Field Theory

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Quantum Mechanics with Basic Field Theory

About this book

Students and instructors alike will find this organized and detailed approach to quantum mechanics ideal for a two-semester graduate course on the subject. This textbook covers, step-by-step, important topics in quantum mechanics, from traditional subjects like bound states, perturbation theory and scattering, to more current topics such as coherent states, quantum Hall effect, spontaneous symmetry breaking, superconductivity, and basic quantum electrodynamics with radiative corrections. The large number of diverse topics are covered in concise, highly focused chapters, and are explained in simple but mathematically rigorous ways. Derivations of results and formulae are carried out from beginning to end, without leaving students to complete them. With over 200 exercises to aid understanding of the subject, this textbook provides a thorough grounding for students planning to enter research in physics. Several exercises are solved in the text, and password-protected solutions for remaining exercises are available to instructors at www.cambridge.org/9780521877602.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Physical constants
  7. 1 Basic formalism
  8. 2 Fundamental commutator and time evolution of state vectors and operators
  9. 3 Dynamical equations
  10. 4 Free particles
  11. 5 Particles with spin ½
  12. 6 Gauge invariance, angular momentum, and spin
  13. 7 Stern–Gerlach experiments
  14. 8 Some exactly solvable bound-state problems
  15. 9 Harmonic oscillator
  16. 10 Coherent states
  17. 11 Two-dimensional isotropic harmonic oscillator
  18. 12 Landau levels and quantum Hall effect
  19. 13 Two-level problems
  20. 14 Spin ½ systems in the presence of magnetic fields
  21. 15 Oscillation and regeneration in neutrinos and neutral K-mesons as two-level systems
  22. 16 Time-independent perturbation for bound states
  23. 17 Time-dependent perturbation
  24. 18 Interaction of charged particles and radiation in perturbation theory
  25. 19 Scattering in one dimension
  26. 20 Scattering in three dimensions – a formal theory
  27. 21 Partial wave amplitudes and phase shifts
  28. 22 Analytic structure of the S-matrix
  29. 23 Poles of the Green's function and composite systems
  30. 24 Approximation methods for bound states and scattering
  31. 25 Lagrangian method and Feynman path integrals
  32. 26 Rotations and angular momentum
  33. 27 Symmetry in quantum mechanics and symmetry groups
  34. 28 Addition of angular momenta
  35. 29 Irreducible tensors and Wigner–Eckart theorem
  36. 30 Entangled states
  37. 31 Special theory of relativity: Klein–Gordon and Maxwell's equations
  38. 32 Klein–Gordon and Maxwell's equations
  39. 33 The Dirac equation
  40. 34 Dirac equation in the presence of spherically symmetric potentials
  41. 35 Dirac equation in a relativistically invariant form
  42. 36 Interaction of a Dirac particle with an electromagnetic field
  43. 37 Multiparticle systems and second quantization
  44. 38 Interactions of electrons and phonons in condensed matter
  45. 39 Superconductivity
  46. 40 Bose–Einstein condensation and superfluidity
  47. 41 Lagrangian formulation of classical fields
  48. 42 Spontaneous symmetry breaking
  49. 43 Basic quantum electrodynamics and Feynman diagrams
  50. 44 Radiative corrections
  51. 45 Anomalous magnetic moment and Lamb shift
  52. Bibliography
  53. Index