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Advanced quantum mechanics : materials and photons / Rainer Dick.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Graduate texts in physicsPublication details: Switzerland : Springer,, 2016.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xix, 692 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9783319256740
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.12 23 R155
Contents:
1. The Need for Quantum Mechanics.- 2. Self-adjoint Operators and Eigenfunction Expansions.- 3. Simple Model Systems.- 4. Notions from Linear Algebra and Bra-Ket Formalism.- 5. Formal Developments.- 6. Harmonic Oscillators and Coherent States.- 7. Central Forces in Quantum Mechanics.- 8. Spin and Addition of Angular Momentum Type Operators.- 9. Stationary Perturbations in Quantum Mechanics.- 10. Quantum Aspects of Materials I.- 11. Scattering Off Potentials.- 12. The Density of States.- 13. Time-Dependent Perturbations in Quantum Mechanics.- 14. Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics.- 15. Coupling to Electromagnetic Fields.- 16. Principles of Lagrangian Field Theory.- 17. Non-relativistic Quantum Field Theory.- 18. Quantization of the Maxwell Field: Photons.- 193. Quantum Aspects of Materials II.- 20. Dimensional Effects in Low-dimensional Systems.- 21. Relativistic Quantum Fields.- 22. Applications of Spinor QED -- Appendices.
Summary: This book introduces quantum mechanics from the discovery of photons to field quantization, relativistic quantum fields and photon-matter interactions. It emphasizes the role of quantum theory for an understanding of materials and electromagnetic radiation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The Need for Quantum Mechanics.-
2. Self-adjoint Operators and Eigenfunction Expansions.-
3. Simple Model Systems.-
4. Notions from Linear Algebra and Bra-Ket Formalism.-
5. Formal Developments.-
6. Harmonic Oscillators and Coherent States.-
7. Central Forces in Quantum Mechanics.-
8. Spin and Addition of Angular Momentum Type Operators.-
9. Stationary Perturbations in Quantum Mechanics.-
10. Quantum Aspects of Materials I.-
11. Scattering Off Potentials.-
12. The Density of States.-
13. Time-Dependent Perturbations in Quantum Mechanics.-
14. Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics.-
15. Coupling to Electromagnetic Fields.-
16. Principles of Lagrangian Field Theory.-
17. Non-relativistic Quantum Field Theory.-
18. Quantization of the Maxwell Field: Photons.-
193. Quantum Aspects of Materials II.-
20. Dimensional Effects in Low-dimensional Systems.-
21. Relativistic Quantum Fields.-
22. Applications of Spinor QED --
Appendices.

This book introduces quantum mechanics from the discovery of photons to field quantization, relativistic quantum fields and photon-matter interactions. It emphasizes the role of quantum theory for an understanding of materials and electromagnetic radiation.

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