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Physics of quantum mechanics / James Binney and David Skinner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.Description: xiii, 392 p. : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780199688579 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.12 23 B614
Contents:
1. Introduction-- 2. Operators, measurement and time evolution -- 3. Oscillators -- 4. Transformations and observables -- 5. Motion in step potentials -- 6. Composite systems -- 7. Angular momentum -- 8. Hydrogen -- 9. Motion in a magnetic field -- 10. Perturbation theory -- 11. Helium and the periodic table -- 12. Adiabatic principle -- 13. Scattering theory-- Appendices-- Index.
Summary: The Physics of Quantum Mechanics aims to give students a good understanding of how quantum mechanics describes the material world. The text stresses the continuity between the quantum world and the classical world, which is merely an approximation to the quantum world.
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Books ISI Library, Kolkata 530.12 B614 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 135732
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"First published by Cappella Archive in 2008."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction--
2. Operators, measurement and time evolution --
3. Oscillators --
4. Transformations and observables --
5. Motion in step potentials --
6. Composite systems --
7. Angular momentum --
8. Hydrogen --
9. Motion in a magnetic field --
10. Perturbation theory --
11. Helium and the periodic table --
12. Adiabatic principle --
13. Scattering theory--
Appendices--
Index.

The Physics of Quantum Mechanics aims to give students a good understanding of how quantum mechanics describes the material world. The text stresses the continuity between the quantum world and the classical world, which is merely an approximation to the quantum world.

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