Mechanics
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Mechanics

Classical and Quantum

  1. 412 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Mechanics

Classical and Quantum

About this book

Mechanics: Classical and Quantum explains the principles of quantum mechanics via the medium of analytical mechanics. The book describes Schrodinger's formulation, the Hamilton-Jacobi equation, and the Lagrangian formulation. The author discusses the Harmonic Oscillator, the generalized coordinates, velocities, as well as the application of the Lagrangian formulation to systems that are partially or entirely electromagnetic in character under certain conditions. The book examines waves on a string under tension, the isothermal cavity radiation, and the Rayleigh-Jeans result pertaining to the enumeration of electromagnetic modes. Other topics include Planck's quantum hypothesis and Bohr's explanation of the hydrogen spectrum. The book describes the two branches of quantum theory, namely. matrix mechanics ,and wave mechanics; it also covers other topics such as waves, wave packets and the Schrodinger equation. The book cites some applications of the time-independent Schrodinger equation; the author then analyzes the separation of center-of mass-motion from relative motion relating to the hydrogen atom. Nuclear physicists, scientists, and academicians in the field of nuclear physics or quantum mechanics will find this book highly valuable.

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Information

Publisher
Pergamon
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9780080180632
eBook ISBN
9781483187341
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Chemistry
Index
Chemistry

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Mechanics: Classical and Quantum
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. PREFACE
  6. CHAPTER 1. THE LAGRANGIAN FORMULATION OF MECHANICS
  7. CHAPTER 2. THE HAMILTONIAN FORMULATION OF MECHANICS
  8. CHAPTER 3. HAMILTON–JACOBI THEORY
  9. CHAPTER 4. WAVES
  10. CHAPTER 5. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE QUANTUM THEORY
  11. CHAPTER 6. WAVE MECHANICS
  12. CHAPTER 7. THE TIME-INDEPENDENT SCHRÖDINGER EQUATION AND SOME OF ITS APPLICATIONS
  13. CHAPTER 8. OPERATORS, OBSERVABLES, AND THE QUANTIZATION OF A PHYSICAL SYSTEM
  14. CHAPTER 9. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EXPECTATION VALUES
  15. CHAPTER 10. THE MOMENTUM REPRESENTATION
  16. CHAPTER 11. THE CONCEPT OF MEASUREMENT IN QUANTUM MECHANICS
  17. CHAPTER 12. THE HYDROGENIC ATOM
  18. CHAPTER 13. MATRIX MECHANICS
  19. APPENDIX A: ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTION ENERGIES IN TERMS OF LOCAL POTENTIALS
  20. APPENDIX B: CANONICITY OF THE TRANSFORMATION GENERATED BY Gb(qj, Pj, t)
  21. APPENDIX C: MOST PROBABLE DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY AMONG CAVITY MODES
  22. APPENDIX D: POISSON BRACKETS
  23. REFERENCES
  24. SELECTED SUPPLEMENTARY REFERENCES
  25. PROBLEMS
  26. NAME INDEX
  27. SUBJECT INDEX
  28. OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY