Quantum Mechanics (eBook)

P. J. E. Peebles (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2020
448 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20673-8 (ISBN)

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The classic textbook on quantum mechanics from Nobel Prize-winning physicist P. J. E. PeeblesThis book explains the often counterintuitive physics of quantum mechanics, unlocking this key area of physics for students by enabling them to work through detailed applications of general concepts and ideas. P. J. E. Peebles states general principles first in terms of wave mechanics and then in the standard abstract linear space formalism. He offers a detailed discussion of measurement theory-an essential feature of quantum mechanics-and emphasizes the art of numerical estimates. Along the way, Peebles provides a wealth of physical examples together with numerous problems, some easy, some challenging, but all of them selected because they are physically interesting. Quantum Mechanics is an essential resource for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in physics.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
• Schlagworte: absolute value • Absorption cross section • adiabatic theorem • Amplitude • Angular momentum • Angular momentum operator • Arbitrarily large • Azimuthal quantum number • Bessel function • Big O notation • Black-body radiation • Bohr magneton • Bohr radius • Boltzmann distribution • Born Approximation • Born–Oppenheimer approximation • born series • Boson • Canonical commutation relation • canonical quantization • Cartesian coordinate system • circumference • classical electromagnetism • classical limit • classical mechanics • coefficient • Coherent states • commutator • Commutator (electric) • Complete set of commuting observables • Complete theory • conservation law • Continuous spectrum • Costume • Coulomb barrier • Debye • Debye model • Degeneracy (mathematics) • Density Matrix • Deuterium • Diffusion • Dirac delta function • Dirac equation • dispersion relation • Doppler Effect • Double-slit experiment • Dynamism (metaphysics) • effective potential • Ehrenfest theorem • Eigenfunction • Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors • Einstein notation • Electric dipole moment • Electric Field • Electron magnetic moment • energy level • Energy–momentum relation • Equation • Equipartition theorem • Exchange operator • excited state • Expectation value (quantum mechanics) • firearm • Fourier series • function space • Gauge Theory • ground state • Gyromagnetic ratio • hamiltonian mechanics • Harmonic oscillator • Hidden variable theory • Higgs boson • Hooke's law • hydrogen atom • Identical particles • Induction equation • Initial Value Problem • Inverse-square law • Khoikhoi • ladder operator • Linear combination • linear differential equation • Linearity • Lorentz transformation • Magnetic Energy • Magnetic field • Markov Chain • mass–energy equivalence • Massless particle • matrix multiplication • Measurement • Menstruation • Momentum operator • momentum transfer • Multiplicative function • Natural Theology • Negative frequency • Neutron temperature • Normal (geometry) • Normalizing constant • number density • Numerical Integration • Observable • Optical Theorem • Parameter (computer programming) • Partial wave analysis • Pauli Exclusion Principle • perturbation theory • Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) • Phase factor • Photon • Photon energy • Planck constant • plane wave • potential energy • potential well • precession • Prediction • Probability • probability amplitude • Proportionality (mathematics) • quantum mechanics • Quantum number • quantum state • resonance • Rotation period • scattering • scattering amplitude • Schrödinger equation • Singlet state • Solid angle • Special relativity • Speed of Light • Spin–orbit interaction • Spin (physics) • Statistical ensemble (mathematical physics) • Stern–Gerlach experiment • Summation • S-wave • Swelling (medical) • Term Symbol • Theory of Forms • Time evolution • Total angular momentum quantum number • Triplet state • Tritium • Unitary matrix • Units of energy • vector potential • wave equation • wave function • Wave function collapse • Wave Packet • Wigner–Eckart theorem • WKB approximation
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20673-2 / 0691206732
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20673-8 / 9780691206738