A
modern approach to quantum mechanics
Townsend, John S.
creator
text
cau
2012
Second edition
monographic
eng
xvi, 571 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
This book lays out the foundations of quantum mechanics through the physics of intrinsic spin, and is written to serve as the primary textbook for an upper-division course in quantum mechanics.
Stern-Gerlach experiments --
Rotation of basis states and matrix mechanics --
Angular momentum --
Time evolution --
A system of two spin-1/2 particles --
Wave mechanics in one dimension --
The one-dimensional harmonic oscillator --
Path integrals --
Translational and rotational symmetry in the two-body problem --
Bound states of central potentials --
Time-independent perturbations --
Identical particles --
Scattering --
Photons and atoms --
Appendix A Electromagnetic Units --
Appendix B The Addition of Angular Momenta --
Appendix C Dirac Delta Functions --
Appendix D Gaussian Integrals --
Appendix E The Lagrangian for a Charge q in a Magnetic Field --
Appendix F Values of Physical ConstantsAppendixG Answers to Selected.
John S. Townsend.
Includes index.
Quantum theory
Textbooks
530.12
9781891389788 (alk. paper)
2011049655
Ec-UrYT
111215
20200709211145.0
17084891