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Quantum mechanics I : the fundamentals / S. Rajasekar and R. Velusamy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boca Raton : CRC Press. c2015.Description: xxi, 591 p. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781482263374 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.12 23 R161
Contents:
1. Why was quantum mechanics developed? -- 2. Schrodinger equation and wave function -- 3. Operators, eigenvalues and eigenfunctions -- 4. Exactly solvable systems I: bound states -- 5. Exactly solvable systems II: Scattering states -- 6. Matrix mechanics -- 7. Various pictures and density matrix -- 8. Heisenberg uncertainty principle -- 9. Momentum representation -- 10. Wave packet -- 11. Theory of angular momentum -- 12. Hydrogen atom -- 13. Approximation methods I: Time-independent perturbation theory -- 14. Approximation methods II: Time-dependent perturbation theory -- 15. Approximation methods III: WKB and asymptotic methods -- 16. Approximation methods IV: Variational approach -- 17. Scattering theory -- 18. Identical particles -- 19. Relativistic quantum theory -- 20. Mysteries in quantum mechanics -- 21. Numerical methods for quantum mechanics-- Appendices-- Solutions to selected exercises-- Index.
Summary: This book provides a graduate-level account of the behavior of matter and energy at the molecular, atomic, nuclear, and sub-nuclear levels. It covers basic concepts, mathematical formalism, and applications to physically important systems.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Why was quantum mechanics developed? --
2. Schrodinger equation and wave function --
3. Operators, eigenvalues and eigenfunctions --
4. Exactly solvable systems I: bound states --
5. Exactly solvable systems II: Scattering states --
6. Matrix mechanics --
7. Various pictures and density matrix --
8. Heisenberg uncertainty principle --
9. Momentum representation --
10. Wave packet --
11. Theory of angular momentum --
12. Hydrogen atom --
13. Approximation methods I: Time-independent perturbation theory --
14. Approximation methods II: Time-dependent perturbation theory --
15. Approximation methods III: WKB and asymptotic methods --
16. Approximation methods IV: Variational approach --
17. Scattering theory --
18. Identical particles --
19. Relativistic quantum theory --
20. Mysteries in quantum mechanics --
21. Numerical methods for quantum mechanics--
Appendices--
Solutions to selected exercises--
Index.

This book provides a graduate-level account of the behavior of matter and energy at the molecular, atomic, nuclear, and sub-nuclear levels. It covers basic concepts, mathematical formalism, and applications to physically important systems.

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