Visual Quantum Mechanics

Visual Quantum Mechanics
Author: Bernd Thaller
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2007-05-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0387227709

"Visual Quantum Mechanics" uses the computer-generated animations found on the accompanying material on Springer Extras to introduce, motivate, and illustrate the concepts explained in the book. While there are other books on the market that use Mathematica or Maple to teach quantum mechanics, this book differs in that the text describes the mathematical and physical ideas of quantum mechanics in the conventional manner. There is no special emphasis on computational physics or requirement that the reader know a symbolic computation package. Despite the presentation of rather advanced topics, the book requires only calculus, making complicated results more comprehensible via visualization. The material on Springer Extras provides easy access to more than 300 digital movies, animated illustrations, and interactive pictures. This book along with its extra online materials forms a complete introductory course on spinless particles in one and two dimensions.

Quantum Mechanics

Quantum Mechanics
Author: Harry J. Lipkin
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 483
Release: 2014-08-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486151859

Acclaimed as "excellent" (Nature) and "very original and refreshing" (Physics Today), these studies examine the Mössbauer effect, many-body quantum mechanics, scattering theory, Feynman diagrams, and relativistic quantum mechanics. 1973 edition.

Topics in Quantum Mechanics

Topics in Quantum Mechanics
Author: Floyd Williams
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2003-01-23
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780817643119

This self-contained text presents quantum mechanics from the point of view of some computational examples with a mixture of mathematical clarity often not found in texts offering only a purely physical point of view. Emphasis is placed on the systematic application of the Nikiforov-- Uvarov theory of generalized hypergeometric differential equations to solve the Schr"dinger equation and to obtain the quantization of energies from a single unified point of view.

Selected Topics in Applications of Quantum Mechanics

Selected Topics in Applications of Quantum Mechanics
Author: Mohammad Reza Pahlavani
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2015-05-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 953512126X

This book has two sections. The section Selected Topics in Applications of Quantum Mechanics provides seven chapters about different applications of quantum mechanics in science and technology. The section Selected Topics in Foundations of Quantum Mechanics provides seven chapters about the foundations of quantum mechanics. This book is written by a community of expert scientists from different research institutes and universities from all over the world. Without a doubt, quantum mechanics is the greatest discovery of the 20th century. Therefore, its history and foundations are of great interest to scientists and students. This book covers some of the applications of quantum mechanics in nuclear physics, medical science, information technology, atomic physics and material science, as well as selected topics of quantum mechanics through different bases and ideas about quantum mechanics. The basic idea of the publication of this book is to make scientists and researchers, as well as graduate students, familiar with the foundations of quantum mechanics.

Some Unusual Topics in Quantum Mechanics

Some Unusual Topics in Quantum Mechanics
Author: Pankaj Sharan
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2023-10-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3031359623

This second edition of Some Unusual Topics in Quantum Mechanics builds upon the topics covered in the first, with additional chapters that delve deeper into the mathematical foundations of the subject. New topics include Hilbert spaces and unbounded operators, minimum uncertainty states, path integrals in general coordinates, Fock spaces, second quantization, relativistic particle states, and quantum fields. Historical insights are also included, such as a pre-history of matrix mechanics and Pauli's proof of the H-atom spectrum using O(4) symmetry. Finally, readers are introduced to Bell's inequality and the non-locality in quantum mechanics that is revealed through its violation. These topics are rarely covered in introductory textbooks but are crucial to developing a student's interest and deeper understanding of quantum mechanics. This book serves as valuable supporting material for graduate-level core courses on the subject.

Topics in Advanced Quantum Mechanics

Topics in Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Author: Barry R. Holstein
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2014-06-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486499855

This graduate-level text is based on a course in advanced quantum mechanics, taught many times at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Topics include propagator methods, scattering theory, charged particle interactions, alternate approximate methods, and Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations. Problems appear in the flow of the discussion, rather than at the end of chapters. 1992 edition.

Quantum Mechanics of Particles and Wave Fields

Quantum Mechanics of Particles and Wave Fields
Author: Arthur March
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 048644578X

A complete explanation of quantum mechanics, from its early non-relativistic formulation to the complex field theories used so extensively in modern theoretical research, this volume assumes no specialized knowledge of the subject. It stresses relativistic quantum mechanics, since this subject plays such an important role in research, explaining the principles clearly and imparting an accurate understanding of abstract concepts. This text deals with quantum mechanics from its earliest developments, covering both the quantum mechanics of wave fields and the older quantum theory of particles. The final chapter culminates with the author's presentation of his revolutionary theory of fundamental length--a concept designed to meet many of quantum theory's longstanding basic difficulties.

Advanced Topics in Quantum Mechanics

Advanced Topics in Quantum Mechanics
Author: Marcos Mariño
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2021-12-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1108852858

Quantum mechanics is one of the most successful theories in science, and is relevant to nearly all modern topics of scientific research. This textbook moves beyond the introductory and intermediate principles of quantum mechanics frequently covered in undergraduate and graduate courses, presenting in-depth coverage of many more exciting and advanced topics. The author provides a clearly structured text for advanced students, graduates and researchers looking to deepen their knowledge of theoretical quantum mechanics. The book opens with a brief introduction covering key concepts and mathematical tools, followed by a detailed description of the Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin (WKB) method. Two alternative formulations of quantum mechanics are then presented: Wigner's phase space formulation and Feynman's path integral formulation. The text concludes with a chapter examining metastable states and resonances. Step-by-step derivations, worked examples and physical applications are included throughout.

Advanced Visual Quantum Mechanics

Advanced Visual Quantum Mechanics
Author: Bernd Thaller
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 519
Release: 2005-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0387271279

Visual Quantum Mechanics is a systematic effort to investigate and to teach quantum mechanics with the aid of computer-generated animations. Although it is self-contained, this book is part of a two-volume set on Visual Quantum Mechanics. The first book appeared in 2000, and earned the European Academic Software Award in 2001 for oustanding innovation in its field. While topics in book one mainly concerned quantum mechanics in one- and two-dimensions, book two sets out to present three-dimensional systems, the hydrogen atom, particles with spin, and relativistic particles. Together the two volumes constitute a complete course in quantum mechanics that places an emphasis on ideas and concepts, with a fair to moderate amount of mathematical rigor.

Problems in Quantum Mechanics

Problems in Quantum Mechanics
Author: I. I. Gol’dman
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2012-05-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486173216

A comprehensive collection of problems of varying degrees of difficulty in nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, with answers and completely worked-out solutions. An ideal adjunct to any textbook in quantum mechanics.