Quantum Mechanics: A Modern and Concise Introductory Course

✍ Scribed by Prof. Daniel R. Bes (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 212
• Series: Advanced Texts in Physics
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

By systematically covering both the Heisenberg and Schr?dinger realizations, the book emphasizes the essential principles of quantum mechanics, which remain hidden within the usual derivations of the wave equation. Moreover, this presentation not only to covers the material which is traditionally presented in textbooks, but is also especially suitable for introducing the spin, i.e., the most important quantum observable. This emphasis on spin paves the way to a presentation of recent quantum-mechanical concepts such as entanglement and decoherence, and to recent applications including cryptography, teleportation and quantum computation.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Principles of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 5-23
The Heisenberg Realization of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 25-37
The Schrödinger Realization of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 39-61
Angular Momentum....Pages 63-77
Three-Dimensional Hamiltonian Problems....Pages 79-93
Many-Body Problems....Pages 95-118
Approximate Solutions to Quantum Problems....Pages 119-136
Time-Dependence in Quantum Mechanics....Pages 137-152
Entanglement and Some Recent Applications of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 153-166
Measurements and Alternative Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics. Decoherence....Pages 167-171
A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 173-184
Solutions to Problems and Physical Constants....Pages 185-193
Back Matter....Pages 195-206

✦ Subjects

Quantum Physics;Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics