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Globally, Quantum mechanics is a course that is offered to ALL undergraduate and graduate level students in Physics, Chemistry and Electrical Engineering. Consequently, every year a very large number of students study Quantum Mechanics. Thus, there is a big market for books on Quantum Mechanics and for this reason, there are many textbooks on Quantum Mechanics which are already available. So, the obvious question is that with so many good books already available, why should one change to this book? The book by Ghatak and Lokanathan is being extensively used in India and in spite of the fact that inexpensive Indian editions of almost all good books on Quantum Mechanics are available, a large number of universities in India have changed over to use this book as the main text primarily due to the following reasons: Because of what has been mentioned above, the book could be used as a successful text at many universities in Europe, Canada and USA.

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Author:   Ajoy Ghatak ,  S. Lokanathan
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2004 ed.
Volume:   137
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 4.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.736kg
ISBN:  

9781402018503

ISBN 10:   1402018509
Pages:   864
Publication Date:   31 March 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

I: Mathematical Preliminaries.- 1: The Dirac Delta Function.- 2: Fourier Transforms.- II: Basic Quantum Mechanics.- 3: Particles and Waves and the Uncertainty Principle.- 4: Time Dependent Schrödinger Equation.- 5: Propagation of Wave Packets and Concept of Group Velocity.- 6: Bound State Solutions of the Schrödinger Equation.- 7: Linear Harmonic Oscillator: I Solution of the Schrödinger Equation and Relationship with the Classical Oscillator.- 8: One-Dimensional Barrier Transmission Problems.- 9: Angular Momentum I The Spherical Harmonics.- 10: Spherically Symmetric Potentials Hydrogen Atom Problem, Rotation Vibration Spectra, Three-Dimensional Oscillator.- 11: Dirac’s Bra and Ket Algebra.- 12: Linear Harmonic Oscillator II Solutions Using Bra and Ket Algebra.- 13: Angular Momentum II Using Bra and Ket Algebra.- 14: Experiments with Spin Half Particles The Stern-Gerlach Experiment, Larmor Precession and Magnetic Resonance.- 15: Angular momentum III Eigenfunctions Using Operator Algebra.- 16: The Double Well Potential and the Krönig-Penney Model.- 17: The JWKB Approximation.- 18: Addition of Angular Momenta: The Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients.- 19: Time Independent Perturbation Theory.- 20: Effects of Magnetic Field.- 21: The Variational Method.- 22: The Helium Atom and the Exclusion Principle.- 23: Some Select Topics.- 24: Elementary Theory of Scattering.- 25: Time Dependent Perturbation Theory.- 26: The Semi-Classical Theory of Radiation and the Einstein Coefficients.- 27: The Quantum Theory of Radiation and Its Interaction with Matter.- 28: Relativistic Theory.- Appendices.

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"From the reviews: ""This is a textbook addressed to students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It has evolved from lectures given by the authors to students of physics and engineering. a ] each chapter is followed by a number of well-selected problems with solutions. The problems and solutions a ] are very helpful for students to become familiar with methods explained in the chapter for solving problems. a ] Appendices A-P contain information indispensable for the smooth reading and for the solution of the problems."" (Valentin Zagrebnov, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1059 (10), 2005) ""Ghatak (Indian Institute of Technology) and Lokanathan (Bangalore-Jawahar Lal Nehru Planetarium, India) discuss the full range of quantum mechanics an advanced undergraduate is expected to know, plus topics normally reserved for first-year graduate studies. a ] The strength of the book is in the applications; thus students will better understand how quantum mechanics is used by practicing scientists. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students."" (E. Kincanon, CHOICE, Vol. 42 (5), 2005) ""The most important fact about this book is the wonderful admixture of theory and applications. a ] The problems are treated at a level that can be understood by the novice student. The second noteworthy aspect of the book are the large number of worked problems a ] . There is plenty of material here for an instructor a ] . The book is a ] a reference book for working quantum physicists. Ita (TM)s strong points include clarity of presentation, lucidity, extensive figures/diagrams, and applications."" (V.Lakshminarayanan, Foundations of Physics, Vol. 35 (6), 2005)"

From the reviews: <p> This is a textbook addressed to students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It has evolved from lectures given by the authors to students of physics and engineering. a ] each chapter is followed by a number of well-selected problems with solutions. The problems and solutions a ] are very helpful for students to become familiar with methods explained in the chapter for solving problems. a ] Appendices A-P contain information indispensable for the smooth reading and for the solution of the problems. (Valentin Zagrebnov, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1059 (10), 2005) <p> Ghatak (Indian Institute of Technology) and Lokanathan (Bangalore-Jawahar Lal Nehru Planetarium, India) discuss the full range of quantum mechanics an advanced undergraduate is expected to know, plus topics normally reserved for first-year graduate studies. a ] The strength of the book is in the applications; thus students will better understand how quantum mechanics is used by practicing scientists. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students. (E. Kincanon, CHOICE, Vol. 42 (5), 2005) <p> The most important fact about this book is the wonderful admixture of theory and applications. a ] The problems are treated at a level that can be understood by the novice student. The second noteworthy aspect of the book are the large number of worked problems a ] . There is plenty of material here for an instructor a ] . The book is a ] a reference book for working quantum physicists. Ita (TM)s strong points include clarity of presentation, lucidity, extensive figures/diagrams, and applications. (V.Lakshminarayanan, Foundations of Physics, Vol. 35 (6), 2005)

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