Quantum Mechanics (Hardcover, 2002. Corr. 2nd)

Quantum Phenomena.- The Wave Function and the Schrodinger Equation.- Physical Quantities and Measurements.- Quantization of Energy in Simple Systems.- Principles of Quantum Mechanics.- Two-State Systems, Principle of the Maser.- Commutation of Observables.- The Stern-Gerlach Experiment.- Approximation Methods.- Angular Momentum.- Initial Description of Atoms.- Spin 1/2 and Magnetic Resonance.- Addition of Angular Momenta, Fine and Hyperfine Structure of Atomic Spectra.- Entangled States, EPR Paradox and Bell's Inequality.- The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Formalisms, Lorentz Force in Quantum Mechanics.- Identical Particles and the Pauli Principle.- The Evolution of Systems.- Scattering Processes.- Qualitative Physics on a Macroscopic Scale.- Early History of Quantum Mechanics.