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A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics, second edition - John S. Townsend

A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics, second edition

Buch | Hardcover
592 Seiten
2012 | 2nd Revised edition
University Science Books,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-891389-78-8 (ISBN)
CHF 185,70 inkl. MwSt
This book lays
out the foundations of quantum mechanics through the physics of intrinsic
spin, and is written to serve as the primary textbook for an upper-division
course in quantum mechanics.
Using an innovative approach that students find both accessible and exciting, A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics, Second Edition lays out the foundations of quantum mechanics through the physics of intrinsic spin.


Written to serve as the primary textbook for an upper-division course in quantum mechanics, Townsend's text gives professors and students a refreshing alternative to the old style of teaching, by allowing the basic physics of spin systems to drive the introduction of concepts such as Dirac notation, operators, eigenstates and eigenvalues, time evolution in quantum mechanics, and entanglement. Chapters 6 through 10 cover the more traditional subjects in wave mechanics – the Schrödinger equation in position space, the harmonic oscillator, orbital angular momentum, and central potentials – but they are motivated by the foundations developed in the earlier chapters. Students using this text will perceive wave mechanics as an important aspect of quantum mechanics, but not necessarily the core of the subject. Subsequent chapters are devoted to perturbation theory, identical particles, scattering, and the interaction of atoms with radiation, and an optional chapter on path integrals is also included.


This new edition has been revised throughout to include many more worked examples and end-of-chapter problems, further enabling students to gain a complete mastery of quantum mechanics. It also includes new sections on quantum teleportation, the density operator, coherent states, and cavity quantum electrodynamics.

JOHN S. TOWNSEND, Susan and Bruce Worster Professor of Physics at Harvey Mudd College, the science and engineering college of the Claremont Colleges, USA. He received his BS from Duke University, his PhD from Johns Hopkins University, USA, and was a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow. He has been a visiting professor at Caltech, the University of Southampton in England, Duke University and Swarthmore College, and he was a Science Fellow at the Center for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford University, USA. Townsend is also the author of Quantum Physics: A Fundamental Approach to Modern Physics.

CHAPTER 1 Stern–Gerlach Experiments

CHAPTER 2 Rotation of Basis States and Matrix Mechanics

CHAPTER 3 Angular Momentum

CHAPTER 4 Time Evolution

CHAPTER 5 A System of Two Spin-1/2 Particles

CHAPTER 6 Wave Mechanics in One Dimension

CHAPTER 7 The One-Dimensional Harmonic Oscillator

CHAPTER 8 Path Integrals

CHAPTER 9 Translational and Rotational Symmetry in the Two-Body Problem

CHAPTER 10 Bound States of Central Potentials

CHAPTER 11 Time-Independent Perturbations

CHAPTER 12 Identical Particles

CHAPTER 13 Scattering

CHAPTER 14 Photons and Atoms


Appendix A Electromagnetic Units

Appendix B The Addition of Angular Momenta

Appendix C Dirac Delta Functions

Appendix D Gaussian Integrals

Appendix E The Lagrangian for a Charge q in a Magnetic Field

Appendix F Values of Physical Constants

Appendix G Answers to Selected Problems

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 19.7.2012
Verlagsort Sausalito
Sprache englisch
Maße 197 x 260 mm
Gewicht 1270 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Quantenphysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Theoretische Physik
ISBN-10 1-891389-78-5 / 1891389785
ISBN-13 978-1-891389-78-8 / 9781891389788
Zustand Neuware
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