Overview

This book provides the reader with a contemporary and comprehensive introduction to Quantum Mechanics. It is suitable for beginners as well as for more advanced university students. Quantum mechanics is presented in a pedagogical fashion, with a clear logical organization. The various concepts and methods are introduced first in elementary terms, and later developed into more precise formulations. Systematic studies of approximation methods and the discussion of a wide class of physical applications follow.Part I of the book, together with the opening sections of Part II, provide adequate material for an introductory course of one semester at most universities. The rest of the book might be used in an advanced course on Quantum Mechanics. The basic material is fairly standard, even though some discussions such as those on general systems with time-dependent Hamiltonians, on metastable systems, as well as the discussions in some of the Complement sections, may not be found in other textbooks. The book also contains many original observations or new ways of illustrating even well-known subjects. In fact, the authors wish to convey in this book the sense of wonder in the logical simplicity and at the same time the beauty of subtle and far-reaching consequences of Quantum Mechanics, to young physics students in particular. Problem sets are provided at the end of each chapter, to be solved either analytically or by numerical methods. The solutions to both types of problems are given as separate pdf files or as Mathematica notebooks (there are 88 of them), all together on a CD accompanying the textbook. The presence of such a collection of numerical analyses enriches the main text and is one of the characteristic features of the book. With the many interesting systems discussed, the book will also be a useful reference for researchers and teachers. It provides the reader with a unique, enjoyable and rather complete textbook of Quantum Mechanics, destined to set a new standard for many years to come.

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Author:   Kenichi Konishi (Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Pisa and INFN, Pisa) ,  Giampiero Paffuti (Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Pisa and INFN, Pisa)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 4.20cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.524kg
ISBN:  

9780199560271

ISBN 10:   0199560277
Pages:   800
Publication Date:   05 March 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I Basic quantum mechanics 1: Introduction 2: Quantum mechanical laws 3: The Schroedinger equation 4: Angular momentum 5: Symmetry and statistics 6: Three-dimensional problems 7: Finer points of quantum mechanics 8: Path-integrals II Approximation methods 9: Perturbation Theory 10: Variational Methods 11: Semi-classical approximation III Applications 12: Time Evolution 13: Meta-stable states 14: Electromagnetic interactions 15: Atoms 16: Elastic scattering theory 17: From atomic nuclei to elementary particles IV Entanglement and Measurement 18: Quantum entanglement 19: Probability and measurement V Complements 20: Complements for Part I 21: Complements for Part II 22: Complements for Part III 23: Complements for Part IV 24: Mathematical Appendices and Tables

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A broad selection of topics, from a variety of perspectives ... Innovative use of Mathematica Carlo Beenakker, Leiden University

Author Information

"K. Konishi obtained his first degree at the Kyoto University, Kyoto, in 1969; and successively attended the graduate course at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, 1971-1974, obtaining the ""Diploma di Perfezionamento"" (Ph D) in 1974. He was awarded Ph D from the Kyoto University, in 1975. After a long term position at INFN, Pisa, he got a full professorship at University of Genova in 1987. In 1998 Konishi moved to Univ. of Pisa. In 2000 he was awarded the Nishina momerial prize, for his work on ""Konishi Anomaly"". G. Paffuti obtained his degree at the University of Pisa in 1976 (laurea in fisica). He got an assistant professorship in 1980; and associate professorship in 1985, both in University of Pisa. Since 2002 he has been a full professor at University of Pisa. During 1985-1987 he was a fellow at CERN."

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