A modern approach to quantum mechanics / John S. Townsend.

Author
Townsend, John S. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Second edition.
Published/​Created
  • Mill Valley, California : University Science Books, [2012]
  • ©2012
Description
xvi, 571 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

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            "Using an innovative approach that students find both accessible and exciting, A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics, Second Edition lays out the foundations of quantum mechanics through the physics of intrinsic spin. Written to serve as the primary textbook for an upper-division course in quantum mechanics, Townsend's text gives professors and students a refreshing alternative to the old style of teaching, by allowing the basic physics of spin systems to drive the introduction of concepts such as Dirac notation, operators, eigenstates and eigenvalues, time evolution in quantum mechanics, and entanglement. Chapters 6 through 10 cover the more traditional subjects in wave mechanics-the Schrodinger equation in position space, the harmonic oscillator, orbital angular momentum, and central potentials-but they are motivated by the foundations developed in the earlier chapters. Students using this text will perceive wave mechanics as an important aspect of quantum mechanics, but not necessarily the core of the subject. Subsequent chapters are devoted to perturbation theory, identical particles, scattering, and the interaction of atoms with radiation, and an optional chapter on path integrals is also included. This new edition has been revised throughout to include many more worked examples and end-of-chapter problems, further enabling students to gain a complete mastery of quantum mechanics. It also includes new sections on quantum teleportation, the density operator, coherent states, and cavity quantum electrodynamics."--Publisher's description.
            Notes
            Includes index.
            Bibliographic references
            Includes bibliographical references and index.
            Contents
            • 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.
            ISBN
            • 9781891389788 ((alkaline paper))
            • 1891389785 ((alkaline paper))
            LCCN
            2011049655
            OCLC
            768607168
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