Introductory quantum mechanics /

Elementary principles and applications to problems in one dimension -- Review of concepts of classical mechanics -- Historical review: experiments and theories -- The postulates of quantum mechanics. Operators, eigenfunctions, and eigenvalues -- Preparatory concepts. Function spaces and hermitian op...

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Autor principal: Liboff, Richard L., 1931-2014
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: San Francisco : Addison-Wesley, ©2003
Edición:4a. ed.
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Sumario:Elementary principles and applications to problems in one dimension -- Review of concepts of classical mechanics -- Historical review: experiments and theories -- The postulates of quantum mechanics. Operators, eigenfunctions, and eigenvalues -- Preparatory concepts. Function spaces and hermitian operators -- Superposition and compatible observables -- Time development, conservation theorems, andparity -- Additional one-dimensional problems. Bound and unbound states -- Finite potential well, periodic lattice, and some simple problems with two degrees of freedom -- Further development of the theory and applications to problems in three dimensions -- Angular momentum -- Problems in three dimensions -- Elements of matrix mechanics. Spin waverfunctions. Application to atomic, molecular, solid-state, and nuclear physics. Elements of quantum statistcs -- Perturbation theory -- Scattering in three dimensions -- Relativistic quantum mechanics -- Quantum computing.
Descripción Física:xvii, 880 páginas : ilustrado ; 25 cm
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice
ISBN:0805387145 (hardcover)