Quantum mechanics : including a CD-ROM by Manuel Joffre
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Quantum mechanics : including a CD-ROM by Manuel Joffre
Springer, 2005
Corrected [ed.]
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"Corrected second printing 2005, first edition 2002"--T.p. verso
"École polytechnique"--Cover
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Gives a fresh and modern approach to the field. It is a textbook on the principles of the theory, its mathematical framework and its first applications. It constantly refers to modern and practical developments, tunneling microscopy, quantum information, Bell inequalities, quantum cryptography, Bose-Einstein condensation and quantum astrophysics. The book also contains 92 exercises with their solutions.
Table of Contents
Quantum Phenomena.- The Wave Function and the Schroedinger Equation.- Physical Quantities and Measurements.- Quantization of Energy in Simple Systems.- Principles of Quantum Mechanics.- Two-State Systems, Principle of the Maser.- Commutation of Observables.- The Stern-Gerlach Experiment.- Approximation Methods.- Angular Momentum.- Initial Description of Atoms.- Spin 1/2 and Magnetic Resonance.- Addition of Angular Momenta, Fine and Hyperfine Structure of Atomic Spectra.- Entangled States, EPR Paradox and Bell's Inequality.- The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Formalisms, Lorentz Force in Quantum Mechanics.- Identical Particles and the Pauli Principle.- The Evolution of Systems.- Scattering Processes.- Qualitative Physics on a Macroscopic Scale.- Early History of Quantum Mechanics.
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