Quantum Mechanics A Modern and Concise Introductory Course

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• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 313
• Series: Graduate texts in physics
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2012
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Starting from basic principles, the book covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from Heisenberg, Schroedinger, second quantization, density matrix and path integral formulations of quantum mechanics, to applications that are (or will be) corner stones of present and future technologies.
The emphasis is on spin waves, quantum information, recent tests of quantum physics and decoherence. The book provides a large amount of information without unbalancing the flow of the main ideas by laborious detail.

✦ Table of Contents

Quantum Mechanics......Page 4
Foreword......Page 8
Preface to the Third Edition......Page 12
Excerpts from the Preface to the First Edition......Page 16
Contents......Page 18
1 Introduction......Page 24
2 The Principles of Quantum Mechanics......Page 27
3 The Heisenberg Realization of Quantum Mechanics......Page 55
4 The Schrödinger Realization of Quantum Mechanics......Page 69
5 Motion in Angular Subspace......Page 95
6 Three-Dimensional Hamiltonian Problems......Page 114
7 Many-Body Problems......Page 130
8 Approximate Solutions to Quantum Problems......Page 162
9 Time Dependence in Quantum Mechanics......Page 181
10 Broken Symmetries......Page 203
11 Eigenvectors of the Position Operator Path Integral Formulation......Page 226
12 Entanglement and Experimental Tests of Quantum Mechanics......Page 237
13 Quantum Information......Page 250
14 Interpretations of Measurements. Decoherence. Density Matrix......Page 262
15 A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics......Page 276
A Solutions to Problems and Physical Constants......Page 291
References......Page 303
Index......Page 307