Quantum Mechanics
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Quantum Mechanics

An Experimentalist's Approach

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eBook - PDF

Quantum Mechanics

An Experimentalist's Approach

About this book

Eugene D. Commins takes an experimentalist's approach to quantum mechanics, preferring to use concrete physical explanations over formal, abstract descriptions to address the needs and interests of a diverse group of students. Keeping physics at the foreground and explaining difficult concepts in straightforward language, Commins examines the many modern developments in quantum physics, including Bell's inequalities, locality, photon polarization correlations, the stability of matter, Casimir forces, geometric phases, Aharonov–Bohm and Aharonov–Casher effects, magnetic monopoles, neutrino oscillations, neutron interferometry, the Higgs mechanism, and the electroweak standard model. The text is self-contained, covering the necessary background on atomic and molecular structure in addition to the traditional topics. Developed from the author's well-regarded course notes for his popular first-year graduate course at the University of California, Berkeley, instruction is supported by over 160 challenging problems to illustrate concepts and provide students with ample opportunity to test their knowledge and understanding.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Table of contents
  6. Preface
  7. 1 Introduction
  8. 2 Mathematical Review
  9. 3 The Rules of Quantum Mechanics
  10. 4 The Connection between the Fundamental Rules and Wave Mechanics
  11. 5 Further Illustrations of the Rules of Quantum Mechanics
  12. 6 Further Developments in One-Dimensional Wave Mechanics
  13. 7 The Theory of Angular Momentum
  14. 8 Wave Mechanics in Three Dimensions: Hydrogenic Atoms
  15. 9 Time-Independent Approximations for Bound-State Problems
  16. 10 Applications of Perturbation Theory: Bound States of Hydrogenic Atoms
  17. 11 Identical Particles
  18. 12 Atomic Structure
  19. 13 Molecules
  20. 14 The Stability of Matter
  21. 15 Photons
  22. 16 Interaction of Nonrelativistic Charged Particles and Radiation
  23. 17 Further Topics in Perturbation Theory
  24. 18 Scattering
  25. 19 Special Relativity and Quantum Mechanics: The Klein-Gordon Equation
  26. 20 The Dirac Equation
  27. 21 Interaction of a Relativistic Spin-½ Particle with an External Electromagnetic Field
  28. 22 The Dirac Field
  29. 23 Interaction between Relativistic Electrons, Positrons, and Photons
  30. 24 The Quantum Mechanics of Weak Interactions
  31. 25 The Quantum Measurement Problem
  32. A Appendix Useful Inequalities for Quantum Mechanics
  33. B Appendix Bell’s Inequality
  34. C Appendix Spin of the Photon: Vector Spherical Waves
  35. Works Cited
  36. Bibliography