The picture book of quantum mechanics
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The picture book of quantum mechanics
Springer, c2001
3rd ed
Available at 24 libraries
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book aims to provide an intuitive understanding of wave mechanics by using computer generated illustrations to present the time evolution and parameter dependence of wave functions for one and three-dimensional systems. The situations discussed range from the simple particle in a box through resonant scattering in one dimension to the hydrogen atom and Regge classification of resonant scattering. The text helps students to establish the relation between quantum mechanics and classical physics.
Table of Contents
Foreword to 3rd Ed.- Foreword to 2nd Ed.- Preface.- CD-ROM notes.- Introduction.- Light Waves, Photons.- Probability Waves of Matter.- Solution of the Schroedinger Equation in One Dimension.- One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics: Scattering by a Potential.- One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics: Motion Within a Potential, Stationary Bound States.- Quantile Motion in One Dimension.- Coupled Harmonic Oscillators: Distinguishable Particles.- Coupled Harmonic Oscillators: Indistinguishable Particles.- Wave Packet in Three Dimensions.- Solution of the Schroedinger Equation in Three Dimensions.- Three-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics: Scattering By a Potential.- Three-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics: Bound States.- Three-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics: Resonance Scattering.- Coulomb Scattering.- Spin.- Examples from Experiment.- Appendices: Simple Aspects of the Structure of Quantum Mechanics.- Two-Level System.- Analyzing Aptitude.- Wigner Distribution.- Gamma Function.- Bessel Functions and Airy Functions.- Poisson Distribution.- Index.
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