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Author:   Shabnam Siddiqui
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9781032652443

ISBN 10:   1032652446
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   02 October 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Electromagnetic radiation behaving as particle. Blackbody Radiation. The Photoelectric effect. X-Rays. Particles behaving as wave: concept of matter waves. De Broglie’s matter waves. Double-slit Experiment. Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle. Measurement and Observation. Wave Mechanics: Schrodinger’s wave equation of a particle. The Schrodinger equation. Stationary states. Expectation values, Uncertainties and operators. Particle-Wave propagation (wavepacket, phase and group velocities). Differences between quantum mechanics and classical mechanics. Wave Mechanics: Schrodinger’s wave equation of a particle- II. Particle in a box-The infinite square well. The finite square well. The free-particle. The potential step. The potential barrier and tunneling. Matrix Mechanics: Formalism. Matrix Algebra. Transformation theory. Matrix theory of the harmonic oscillator. Equation of motion using matrix mechanics. Differences between matrix mechanics and wave equation approaches. Quantum Mechanics in Three Dimensions and the Hydrogen Atom. The Schrodinger Equation in Three Dimensions. The 3D Infinite well. Energy Quantization and Spectral Lines in Hydrogen Atom. The Schrodinger Equation for a Central Force. Quantum Mechanics in three dimensions – II. Applications of Quantum Mechanics

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Dr. Shabnam Siddiqui is a research assistant professor at Louisiana Tech University, LA. She teaches physics and conducts research for developing electrochemical microsensors using carbon nanomaterials. She applies active learning approaches for teaching physics courses and focuses on developing new methods for learning physics, and quantum mechanics. Dr. Siddiqui studies properties of carbon nanomaterials for attaining reliable and real-time sensing. She has authored over 20 peer reviewed journal papers. She earned a PhD in physics in quantum computing and quantum information in 2006 from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, AR. Dr. Siddiqui received postdoctoral training at NASA Ames Research Center, CA, and the University of Pittsburgh, PA. She had also worked at Advanced Diamond Technologies, IL prior to joining Louisiana Tech.

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