Siegmund Brandt / Hans D. Dahmen

Buch

The Picture Book of Quantum Mechanics

Beschreibung

The aim of this book is to explain and exemplify the basic concepts and phenomena of quantum mechanics by means of visualization. Unlike classical mechanics, for which students have already developed an intuition based on everyday experience, the phenomena of quantum mechanics often defy intuition.Through the extensive use of computer- generated illustrations, this text helps students to establish the relation between quantum mechanics and classical physics, and, more importantly helps readers develop an intuition for notoriously abstract phenomena such as:- the tunnel effect- excitation and decay of metastable states- wave packet motion within a well- motion of systems of distinguishable and of indistinguishable particles- free wave packet in 3 dimensions- angular momentum decomposition- scattering in 3 dimensions- stationary bound states in various 3 dimensional potentials- Kepler motion of wave packets in the Coulomb field- Spin and magnetic resonance.Illustrations from experiments in a variety of fields, including chemistry, and molecular, atomic, nuclear, and particle physics, underline the basic as well as the practical importance of quantum mechanics. The present edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded. It includes a new chapter on quantile motion, additional phenomena and examples, and a CD-ROM with all figures in the book presented in full color, suitable for use as posters or transparencies.

Table of contents:
Foreword to 3rd Ed.- Foreword to 2nd Ed.- Preface.- CD-ROM notes.- Introduction.- Light Waves, Photons.- Probability Waves of Matter.- Solution of the Schroedinger Equation in One Dimension.- One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics: Scattering by a Potential.- One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics: Motion Within a Potential, Stationary Bound States.- Quantile Motion in One Dimension.- Coupled Harmonic Oscillators: Distinguishable Particles.- Coupled Harmonic Oscillators: Indistinguishable Particles.- Wave Packet in Three Dimensions.- Solution of the Schroedinger Equation in Three Dimensions.- Three-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics: Scattering By a Potential.- Three-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics: Bound States.- Three-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics: Resonance Scattering.- Coulomb Scattering.- Spin.- Examples from Experiment.- Appendices: Simple Aspects of the Structure of Quantum Mechanics.- Two-Level System.- Analyzing Aptitude.- Wigner Distribution.- Gamma Function.- Bessel Functions and Airy Functions.- Poisson Distribution.- Index.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US, New York
• 3rd edition
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780387951416
• ISBN-10: 0387951415
• Artikelnr.: 05678337

Rezensionen

From the reviews of the fourth edition:
"This book is aimed at beginners in quantum mechanics who want to gain some insight into the various physical phenomena which happen at the (sub)atomic scale, and for which no daily experience is available. It will serve as a good complement to standard textbooks of quantum mechanics since it contains many carefully produced pictures to illustrate the fundamental concepts and ideas from quantum physics--highlighting in particular how the concepts and predictions of classical mechanics are altered and supplemented by wavelike behaviors." (Gabriel Stoltz, Mathematical Reviews, May, 2013)