David H. McIntyre (Oregon State University)

Quantum Mechanics

A Paradigms Approach

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This popular undergraduate quantum mechanics textbook is now available in a more affordable printing from Cambridge University Press. Suitable for undergraduate physics students, worked examples are included throughout and end of chapter problems act to reinforce and extend key concepts. A fully worked solutions manual is available for instructors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 590
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 206mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1612g
• ISBN-13: 9781009310611
• ISBN-10: 1009310615
• Artikelnr.: 64299429

Autorenporträt

David H. McIntyre is Professor of Physics at Oregon State University, where he has been a faculty member since 1989. He is one of the original developers of the Paradigms in Physics educational program. His other teaching interests include optical physics, computational physics, and computer interfacing. His laboratory research interests are in laser spectroscopy and optical physics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Prologue
1. Stern-Gerlach experiments
2. Operators and measurement
3. Schrödinger time evolution
4. Quantum spookiness
5. Quantized energies: particle in a box
6. Unbound states
7. Angular momentum
8. Hydrogen atom
9. Harmonic oscillator
10. Perturbation theory
11. Hyperfine structure and the addition of angular momenta
12. Perturbation of hydrogen
13. Identical particles
14. Time-dependent perturbation theory
15. Periodic systems
16. Modern applications of quantum mechanics
Appendix A. Probability
Appendix B. Complex numbers
Appendix C. Matrices
Appendix D. Waves and fourier analysis
Appendix E. Separation of variables
Appendix F. Integrals
Appendix G. Physical constants
Index.