Scattering and Structures Essentials and Analogies in Quantum Physics /

• Main Authors: Povh, Bogdan (Author), Rosina, Mitja (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Nuclear physics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Atoms.; Quantum Physics.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.

Quantum physics may appear complicated, especially if one forgets the "big picture" and gets lost in the details. However, it can become clearer and less tangled if one applies a few fundamental concepts so that simplified approaches can emerge and estimated orders of magnitude become clea...

Table of Contents:

• Photon Scattering - Form Factors
• Lepton Scattering - Nucleon Radius
• Quasi-Elastic Scattering - Virtual Photons and Gluons
• The Hydrogen Atom - The Playground of Quantum Mechanics
• Many Electron Atoms - Shell Structure
• Covalent and Ionic Binding - Electron Sharing
• Intermolecular Forces - Building Complex Structures
• Cold Neutron - Spectroscopy of the Solid State
• Quantum Gases - Quantum Degeneration
• Quantum Liquids - Superfluidity
• Metals - Quasi-free Electrons
• Hadrons - Atoms of Strong Interaction
• The Nuclear Force - Pion Sharing
• Nuclei - Droplets of a Fermi Liquid
• Stars, Planets and Asteroids - Interplay between Gravitation and Quantum Phenomena
• Elementary Particles - Fundamental Interactions
• Cosmology - The Early Universe.