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008			070606s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a2007023923
020			_a9781584889700 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_a1584889705 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dBTCTA _dBAKER _dC#P _dYDXCP _erda
050	0	0	_aQC174.12 _b.R33 2008
082	0	0	_a530.12 _222 _bR.A.Q
100	1		_aRae, Alastair I. M. _926026 _eauthor
245	1	0	_aQuantum mechanics / _cAlastair I.M. Rae.
250			_afifth edition
264		1	_aNew York : _bTaylor & Francis, _cc2008.
264		4	_cc2008.
300			_axx, 328 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505		0	_a Preface to fifth edition -- Preface to fourth edition -- Preface to third edition -- Preface to second edition -- Preface to first edition -- 1. Introduction. The photoelectric effect ; The Compton effect ; Line spectra and atomic structure ; De Broglie waves ; Wave-particle duality ; The rest of this book ; Problems -- 2. The one-dimensional Schrödinger equations. The time-dependent Schrödinger equation ; The time-independent Schrödinger equation ; Boundary conditions ; The infinite square well ; The finite square well ; Quantum mechanical tunneling ; The harmonic oscillator ; Problems -- 3. The three-dimensional Schrödinger equations. The wave equations ; Separation in Cartesian coordinates ; Separation in spherical polar coordinates ; The hydrogenic atom ; Problems -- 4. The basic postulates of quantum mechanics. The wave function ; The dynamical variables ; Probability distributions ; Commutation relations ; The uncertainty principle ; The time dependence of the wave function ; Degeneracy ; The harmonic oscillator again ; The measurement of momentum by Compton scattering ; Problems -- 5. Angular momentum I. The angular-momentum operators ; The angular momentum eigenvalues and eigenfunctions ; The experimental measurement of angular momentum ; A general solution to the angular momentum eigenvalue problem ; Problems -- 6. Angular momentum II. Matrix representations ; Pauli spin matrices ; Spin and the quantum theory of measurement ; Dirac notation ; Spin-orbit coupling and the Zeeman effect ; A more general treatment of the coupling of angular momenta ; Problems -- 7. Time-independent perturbation theory and the variational principle. Perturbation theory for nondegenerate energy levels ; Perturbation theory for degenerate levels ; The variational principle ; Problems -- 8. Time dependence. Time-independent Hamiltonians ; The sudden approximation ; Time-dependent perturbation theory ; Selection rules ; The Ehrenfest theorem ; The ammonia maser ; Problems -- 9. Scattering. Scattering in one dimension ; Scattering in three dimensions ; The born approximation ; Partial wave analysis ; Problems -- 10. Many-particle systems. General considerations ; Isolated systems ; Noninteracting particles ; Indistinguishable particles ; Many-particle systems ; The helium atom ; Scattering of identical particles ; Problems -- 11. Relativity and quantum mechanics. Basic results in special relativity ; The Dirac equation ; Antiparticles ; Other wave equations ; Quantum field theory and the spin-statistics theorem ; Problems -- 12. Quantum information. Quantum cryptography ; Entanglement ; Cloning and teleportation ; Quantum computing ; Problems -- 13. The conceptual problems of quantum mechanics. The conceptual problems ; Hidden-variable theories ; Nonlocality ; The quantum measurement problem ; The ontological problem ; Problems.
650		0	_aQuantum theory. _926027
942			_cBK _2ddc