Quantum Mechanics : An Introduction (Paperback)

PREFACEAUTHORChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Two State Systems: The Ammonia MoleculeChapter 3 Quantum Mechanics of Single Particle in One-Dimensional Space IChapter 4 Quantum Mechanics of a Single Particle in One-Dimensional Space IIChapter 5 The Harmonic OscillatorChapter 6 Review of Linear Algebra and Dirac NotationChapter 7 Rotation Invariance and the Hydrogen AtomChapter 8 Scattering Electrons on a NucleusChapter 9 Charged Particles in a Magnetic FieldChapter 10 The Meaning of Quantum Measurement and the Emergence of a Classical RealityChapter 11 Sketch of Atomic, Molecular, and Condensed Matter PhysicsChapter 12 Quantum Statistical MechanicsChapter 13 Perturbation Theory: Time IndependentChapter 14 Perturbation Theory: Time DependentChapter 15 The Adiabatic Approximation, Aharonov?Bohm, and Berry PhasesChapter 16 Scattering TheoryChapter 17 The JWKB ApproximationChapter 18 The Variational PrincipleChapter 19 The Feynman Path IntegralChapter 20 Quantum Computation?Chapter 21 L’Envoi: Relativistic Quantum Field TheoryAppendix A Interpretations of Quantum MechanicsAppendix B The Dirac Delta FunctionAppendix C Noether’s TheoremAppendix D Group TheoryAppendix E Laguerre PolynomialsAppendix F Summary of Dirac Notation and Linear AlgebraAppendix G Answers to Selected ProblemsBibliographyIndex