Quantum Mechanics: Foundations and Applications (Hardcover)

PrefaceTHE FOUNDATIONS OF QUANTUM PHYSICS The Prelude to Quantum Mechanics Wave-Particle Duality and the Uncertainty Relation Fourier Transforms in Quantum MechanicsThe Postulatory Basis of Quantum MechanicsOperators and the Mathematics of Quantum MechanicsProperties of Quantum Mechanical SystemsTHE SCHRODINGER EQUATION IN ONE DIMENSION The Free ParticleOne-Dimensional Harmonic OscillatorTime Evolution and CompletenessOperator MethodTHE SCHRODINGER EQUATION IN THREE DIMENSIONS The Free Particle in Three DimensionsParticle in a Three-Dimensional BoxThe One-Electron AtomCentral PotentialsTOTAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM Orbital and Spin Angular Momentum Half-Integral Spin Angular Momentum Addition of Angular MomentaInteracting Spins for Two ParticlesAPPROXIMATION METHODSIntroduction - The Many-Electron Atom Nondegenerate Perturbation Theory Perturbation Theory for Degenerate States Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory The Variational Method Wentzel, Kramers, and Brillouin Theory (WKB)ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY Effects of SymmetrySpin-Orbit Coupling in Multielectron Atoms QUANTUM STATISTICS Derivation of the Three Quantum Distribution LawsApplications of the Quantum Distribution LawsBAND THEORY OF SOLIDS Periodic Potentials Periodic Potential - Kronig-Penney ModelImpurities in Semiconductors Drift, Diffusion, and RecombinationSemiconductor DevicesEMISSION, ABSORPTION, AND LASERSEmission and Absorption of Photons Spontaneous EmissionStimulated Emission and LasersSCATTERING THEORY Scattering in Three Dimensions Scattering and Inverse Scattering in One DimensionRELATIVISTIC QUANTUM MECHANICS AND PARTICLE THEORYDirac Theory of the ElectronQuantum Electrodynamics (QED) and Electroweak TheoryQuarks, Leptons, and the Standard ModelAppendix A: Matrix OperationsAppendix B: Generating FunctionsAppendix C: Answers to Selected ProblemsAppendix D: The Fundamental Physical Constants, 1986Bibliography Index