Lectures in Quantum Mechanics A Two-Term Course /

• Main Author: Picasso, Luigi E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: UNITEXT for Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Quantum physics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Atoms.; Quantum Physics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.

Based on a series of university lectures on nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, this textbook covers a wide range of topics, from the birth of quantum mechanics to the fine-structure levels of heavy atoms. The author sets out from the crisis in classical physics and explores the seminal ideas of Eins...

Table of Contents:

• The Crisis of Classical Physics.-  From Einstein to de Broglie
• Introduction to the Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
• The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
• The Harmonic Oscillator
• Representation Theory
• Schrödinger Equation for One-Dimensional Systems
• One-Dimensional Systems
• Time-Evolution
• Angular Momentum
• Particle in a Central Force Field
• Perturbations to Energy Levels
• Electromagnetic Transitions
• Introduction to Atomic Physics
• Composite Systems. Pauli Principle
• Many-Electron Atoms.-  The Paradoxes of Quantum Mechanics.