Lectures on Quantum Mechanics

• Main Author: Basdevant, Jean-Louis (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum physics.; Nuclear physics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.

Beautifully illustrated and engagingly written, Lectures on Quantum Mechanics presents theoretical physics with a breathtaking array of examples and anecdotes. Basdevant's style is clear and stimulating, in the manner of a brisk classroom lecture that students can follow with ease and enjoyment...

Table of Contents:

• Praise of physics
• A quantum phenomenon
• Wave function, Schrödinger equation
• Physical quantities
• Energy quantization
• Principles of quantum mechanics
• Two-state systems
• Algebra of observables
• Angular momentum
• The Hydrogen Atom
• Spin 1/2
• The Pauli Principle
• Entangled states: The way of paradoxes
• Quantum mechanics in the Universe.