TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rainer,Dick
TI  - Advanced quantum mechanics: materials and photons 
T2  - Graduate texts in physics
SN  - 9783319256740
U1  - 530.12 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Switzerland : 
PB  - Springer,
KW  - Quantum theory
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -