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Description

1. x, 621 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

1. "[This book] is intended to be a comprehensive introduction to the principles of quantum mechanics and to their application in a variety of fields to which physicists turn."--Preface.

Subject

1. Quantum theory
2. Quantum Theory
3. Quantenmechanik
4. Lehrbuch
5. Kwantummechanica
6. Théorie quantique

Contents

1. Introduction to quantum mechanics -- Wave packets and free particle motion -- The wave equation -- The wave function and the Schrödinger equation -- The linear harmonic oscillator -- Piecewise constant potentials in one dimension -- The WKB approximation -- The principles of wave mechanics -- Central forces and angular momentum -- Piecewise constant potentials in three dimensions and the hydrogen atom -- Scattering -- The spin -- Dynamics of two-level systems -- Linear vector spaces in quantum mechanics -- Quantum dynamics -- Rotations and other symmetry operations -- Bound state perturbation theory -- Time-dependent perturbation theory -- The formal theory of scattering -- Identical particles -- Applications of second quantization -- Photons and the electromagnetic field -- Relativistic electron theory -- One-electron Dirac theory.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliographical footnotes.