Fundamentals of Quantum Physics Textbook for Students of Science and Engineering /

• Main Author: Pereyra, Pedro (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Quantum physics.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Quantum Physics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Plasma Physics.

This book presents a comprehensive course of quantum mechanics for undergraduate and graduate students. After a brief outline of the innovative ideas that lead up to the quantum theory, the book reviews properties of the Schrödinger equation, the quantization phenomena and the physical meaning of wa...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents: The origin of the quantum concepts
• Problems
• Diffraction, duality and the Schroedinger equations
• Illustrative problems
• Problems
• Properties of the stationary Schroedinger equation
• Illustrative problems
• Problems
• Tunneling effect and other quantum phenomena
• Problems
• Quantum coherence and energy bands
• Problems
• The WKB approximation
• Problems
• Operators and dynamical variables
• Problems
• The harmonic oscillator
• Problems
• Angular momentum and central potentials.