Some Unusual Topics in Quantum Mechanics

✍ Scribed by Pankaj Sharan

Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
Year: 2023
Tongue: English
Series: Lecture Notes in Physics
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This second edition of Some Unusual Topics in Quantum Mechanics builds upon the topics covered in the first, with additional chapters that delve deeper into the mathematical foundations of the subject. New topics include Hilbert spaces and unbounded operators, minimum uncertainty states, path integrals in general coordinates, Fock spaces, second quantization, relativistic particle states, and quantum fields. Historical insights are also included, such as a pre-history of matrix mechanics and Pauli's proof of the H-atom spectrum using O(4) symmetry. Finally, readers are introduced to Bell's inequality and the non-locality in quantum mechanics that is revealed through its violation. These topics are rarely covered in introductory textbooks but are crucial to developing a student's interest and deeper understanding of quantum mechanics. This book serves as valuable supporting material for graduate-level core courses on the subject.

✦ Subjects

Quantum Physics; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory; Mathematical Physics

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