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1 online resource (527 pages) |
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Advanced Books Classics ; v. 1 |
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Advanced Books Classics
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Half Title; Publisher's Foreword; Vita; Special Preface; REFERENCES; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; I: Uncertainty and Complementarity; 1. Nonclassical Aspects of the Electromagnetic Field; 2. Wave-Particle Duality for Systems with Finite Rest Mass; 3. Uncertainty Relations for the Electromagnetic Field Strengths; References; II: Wave Mechanics; 4. The Free Particle; 1. The SchrÃœdinger equation; 2. Probability distributions; 3. Expectation values, operators; 4. The motion of free wave packets |
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5. SchrÃœdinger' s Equation for an Interacting System of Particles1. One particle in an external field; 2. The many-particle wave equation; 6. Constants of the Motion and Symmetries of the Hamiltonian; 1. Expectation values of observables and their time dependence; 2. Commutation rules; 3. Infmitesimal translations and rotations. Conservation of linear and angular momentum; 4. The two-body problem; 7. Eigenfunctions; 1. Stationary states; 2. The spectrum of the Hamiltonian; 3. Orthogonality and completeness; 4. Linear vector spaces; 5. Simultaneous eigenfunctions and compatible observables |
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6. Probability amplitudes8. The Classical Limit; 1. Ehrenfest's theorem; 2. The relationship between the SchrÃœdinger and Hamilton-Jacobi equations; 3. The semiclassical approximation for stationary states; Problems; III: Illustrative Solutions of SchrÃœdinger's Equation; 9. Separation of Variables in the Two-Body Problem; 1. Separation of variables; 2. Implications of rotational invariance; 10. Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions of the Angular Momentum Operators; 1. The eigenvalues; 2. The eigenfunctions; 11. Free-Particle Wave Functions; 12. Scattering Theory |
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1. Integral form of SchrÃœdinger'se quation2. Time-dependent description of collision phenomena; 3. The optical theorem; 13. The Born and Eikonal Approximations; 1. The Born approximation; 2. The eikonal approximation; 14. Partial Waves; 1. The radial integral equation; 2. Scattering amplitude and phase shifts; 3. Asymptotic form of radial wave functions; 4. Bound states; 5. Scattering by complex systems; 6. Relationship to the eikonal approximation; 15. The Delta-Shell Potential; 1. Bound states; 2. Scattering states; 3. Resonances; 4. Analytic properties in the complex energy plane |
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16. Resonance Scattering and Exponential Decay17. The Coulomb Field; 1. Three-dimensional continuum solutions; 2. Partial wave decomposition; bound states; 3. Combined nuclear and Coulomb scattering; References; Problems; IV: The Measurement Process and the Statistical Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics; 18. The Two-Body System in a Slowly Varying External Field; 19. The Stern-Gerlach Experiment; 20. Changes of State Resulting from Measurement; 1. The density matrix. Pure states and mixtures; 2. Coherence properties of states following measurement |
| Notes |
3. The statistical intepretation of quantum mechanics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Quantum theory.
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Quantum theory
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429961779 |
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0429961774 |
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9780429972850 |
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0429972857 |
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9780429493225 |
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0429493223 |
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9780429983931 |
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042998393X |
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