Theoretical Physics 6. Quantum Mechanics - Basics

✍ Scribed by Wolfgang Nolting

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 526
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This textbook offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to the basics of quantum mechanics, one of the core components of undergraduate physics courses. It follows on naturally from the previous volumes in this series, thus developing the physical understanding further on to quantized states. The first part of the book introduces wave equations while exploring the Schrdinger equation and the hydrogen atom. More complex themes are covered in the second part of the book, which describes the Dirac formulism of quantum mechanics.

Ideally suited to undergraduate students with some grounding in classical mechanics and electrodynamics, the book is enhanced throughout with learning features such as boxed inserts and chapter summaries, with key mathematical derivations highlighted to aid understanding. The text is supported by numerous worked examples and end of chapter problem sets.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Inductive Reasons for the Wave Mechanics....Pages 1-75
Schrödinger Equation....Pages 77-123
Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics (Dirac-Formalism)....Pages 125-233
Simple Model Systems....Pages 235-316
Back Matter....Pages 317-516