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1 online resource (607 pages) |
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Lecture notes and supplements in physics |
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Lecture notes and supplements in physics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Photon Polarization; Transformation of Bases; Angular Momentum; Amplitude Mechanics; Unpolarized Light; Behavior of Photon Polarization in Matter; Problems; Chapter 2: Neutral K Mesons; Quantum Interference Effects; Problems; Chapter 3: The Motion of Particles in Quantum Mechanics; The SchrÃœdinger Equation; State Vectors; Digression on the Delta Function; Operators for Physical Quantities; The Free Particle; Quantum Mechanical Motion as a Sum over Paths; Particle in a Magnetic Field |
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Aharonov-Bohm EffectProblems; Chapter 4: Potential Problems, Mostly in One Dimension; Properties of Hermitian Operators; Energy Eigenstates; One-Dimensional Barriers; Tunneling; Bound States; Parity; Transmission Resonances; One-Dimensional Delta Function Potential; Periodic Potentials; The Harmonic Oscillator; Problems; Chapter 5: Equations of Motion for Operators; Functions of Operators; Heisenberg Representation; Formal Solution for the Time Development Operator; Problems; Chapter 6: Orbital Angular Momentum and Central Potentials; Commutation Relations; Rotations |
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Differential Operator RepresentationEigenfunctions and Eigenvalues; Spherical Harmonics; Central Forces; Problems; Chapter 7: The Hydrogen Atom; Two Particle Systems; Hydrogen Atom Wave Functions; The Symmetry of the Hydrogen Atom; Problems; Chapter 8: Cooper Pairs; Problems; Chapter 9: Potential Scattering; Wave Packets; Cross Sections; Partial Waves; The Optical Theorem; The Born Approximation; Properties of the Scattering Amplitude; Low Energy Resonances; Problems; Chapter 10: Coulomb Scattering; Analytic Properties of the Scattering Amplitude; Regge Poles; Problems |
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Chapter 11: Stationary State Perturbation TheoryThe Wave Function Renormalization Constant; Degenerate Perturbation Theory; Van der Waals Interaction; Almost Degenerate Perturbation Theory; Brillouin-Wigner Perturbation Theory; Nonperturbative Methods; Problems; Chapter 12: Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory; First-Order Transitions: Golden Rule; Harmonic Perturbations; Second-Order Transitions; Forward â#x80;#x98;â#x80;#x98;Scatteringâ#x80;#x9D;Amplitude; Problems; Chapter 13: Interaction of Radiation with Matter; Interaction Hamiltonian; Absorption of Light; Quantized Radiation Field |
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Einsteinâ#x80;#x99;s A and B CoefficientsDetails of Spontaneous Emission; Electric Dipole Transitions; Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Transitions; Scattering of Light; Raman Scattering; Problems; Chapter 14: Spin 1/2; Rotations in Spin Space; Including Spatial Degrees of Freedom; Spin Magnetic Moment; Precession; Spin Resonance; Motion in Inhomogeneous Magnetic Fields; Problems; Chapter 15: Addition of Angular Momenta; Addition of Two Angular Momenta; Clebsch-Gordan Technology; Scattering of Spin 1/2 Particles with Spinless Particles; Three Angular Momenta; Problems |
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Chapter 16: Isotopic Spin |
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Print version record |
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Quantum theory.
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Quantum Theory
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Quantum theory
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429978890 |
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0429978898 |
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