Introductory quantum mechanics/ (Record no. 151181)
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| International Standard Book Number | 0805387145 |
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| Classification number | 530.12 |
| Item number | LIB/I |
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| Personal name | Liboff, Richard L. |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Introductory quantum mechanics/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Richard L. Liboff. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 4th ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Delhi: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Pearson, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2003. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xvii, 878 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | PART I � ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS TO<br/> PROBLEMS IN ONE DIMENSION<br/><br/><br/> 1 Review of Concepts of Classical Mechanics<br/> 1.1 Generalized or "Good" Coordinates 3<br/> 1.2 Energy, the Hamiltonian, and Angular Momentum 6<br/> 1.3 The State of a System 19<br/> 1.4 Properties of the One-Dimensional Potential Function 24<br/><br/> 2 Historical Review: Experiments and Theories<br/> 2.1 Dates 30<br/> 2.2 The Work of Planck. Blackbody Radiation 31<br/> 2.3 The Work of Einstein. The Photoelectric Effect 36<br/> 2.4 The Work of Bohr. A Quantum Theory of Atomic States 39<br/> 2.5 Waves versus Particles 43<br/> 2.6 The de Broglie Hypothesis and the Davisson-Gerner<br/> Experiment 46<br/> 2.7 The Work of Heisenberg. Uncertainty as a Cornerstone of Natural<br/> Law 53<br/> 2.8 The Work of Born. Probability Waves 55<br/> 2.9 Semiphilosophical Epilogue to Chapter 2 57<br/><br/><br/><br/> 3 The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics. Operators,<br/> Eigenfunctions, and Eigenvalues<br/> 3.1 Observables and Operators 68<br/> 3.2 Measurement in Quantum Mechanics 74<br/> 3.3 The State Function and Expectation Values 76<br/> 3.4 Time Development of the State Function 80<br/> 3.5 Solution to the Initial-Value Problem in Quantum Mechanics 84<br/><br/> 4 Preparatory Concepts. Function Spaces and<br/> Hermitian Operators<br/> 4.1 Particle in a Box and Further Remarks on Normalization 90<br/> 4.2 The Bohr Correspondence Principle 94<br/> 4.3 Dirac Notation 97<br/> 4.4 Hilbert Space 98<br/> 4.5 Hennitian Operators 104<br/> 4.6 Properties of Hermitian Operators 108<br/><br/> 5 Superposition and Compatible Observables<br/> 5.1 The Superposition Principle 115<br/> 5.2 Commutator Relations in Quantum Mechanics 130<br/> 5.3 More on the Commutator Theorem 137<br/> 5.4 Commutator Relations and the Uncertainty Principle 140<br/> 5.5 "Complete" Sets of Commuting Observables 143<br/><br/> 6 Time Development, Conservation Theorems, and Parity<br/> 6.1 Time Development of State Functions 152<br/> 6.2 Time Development of Expectation Values 168<br/> 6.3 Conservation of Energy, Linear and Angular Momentum 171<br/> 6.4 Conservation of Parity 176<br/><br/> 7 Additional One-Dimensional Problems. Bound and<br/> Unbound States<br/> 7.1 General Properties of the One-Dimensional Schrodinger<br/> Equation 187<br/> 7.2 The Harmonic Oscillator 190<br/> 7.3 Eigenfunctions of the Harmonic Oscillator Hamiltonian 198<br/> 7.4 The Harmonic Oscillator in Momentum Space 211<br/> 7.5 Unbound States 216<br/> 7.6 One-Dimensional Barrier Problems 222<br/><br/><br/><br/> 7.7 The Rectangular Barrier. Tunneling 228<br/> 7.8 The Ramsauer Effect 235<br/> 7.9 Kinetic Properties of a Wave Packet Scattered from a Potential<br/> Barrier 241<br/> 7.10 The WKB Approximation 243<br/> 7.11 Principle of Least Action and Feynman's Path Integral<br/> Formulation 268<br/><br/> 8 Finite Potential Well, Periodic Lattice, and Some Simple<br/> Problems with Two Degrees of Freedom 27<br/> 8.1 The Finite Potential Well 278<br/> 8.2 Periodic Lattice. Energy Gaps 289<br/> 8.3 Standing Waves at the Band Edges 307<br/> 8.4 Brief Qualitative Description of the Theory of Conduction in<br/> Solids 313<br/> 8.5 Two Beads on a Wire and a Particle in a Two-Dimensional Box 317<br/> 8.6 Two-Dimensional Harmonic Oscillator 324<br/> 8.7 Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals (LCAO)<br/> Approximation 331<br/> 8.8 Density of States in Various Dimensions 336<br/><br/>PART II � FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY AND APPLICATIONS TO PROBLEMS IN<br/> THREE DIMENSIONS 34<br/><br/> 9 Angular Momentum 34<br/> 9.1 Basic Properties 349<br/> 9.2 Eigenvalues of the Angular Momentum Operators 358<br/> 9.3 Eigenfunctions of the Orbital Angular Momentum Operators<br/> L2 and L 367<br/> 9.4 Addition of Angular Momentum 386<br/> 9.5 Total Angular Momentum for Two or More Electrons 396<br/><br/> 10 Problems in Three Dimensions 40<br/> 10.1 The Free Particle in Cartesian Coordinates 404<br/> 10.2 The Free Particle in Spherical Coordinates 410<br/> 10.3 The Free-Particle Radial Wavefunction 415<br/> 10.4 A Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field 430<br/> 10.5 The Two-Particle Problem 436<br/> 10.6 The Hydrogen Atom 446<br/><br/><br/><br/> 10.7 Elementary Theory of Radiation 463<br/> 10.8 Thomas-Fermi Model 472<br/><br/> 11 Elements of Matrix Mechanics. Spin Wavefunctions 480<br/> 11.1 Basis and Representations 481<br/> 11.2 Elementary Matrix Properties 488<br/> 11.3 Unitary and Similarity Transformations in Quantum Mechanics 492<br/> 11.4 The Energy Representation 499<br/> 11.5 Angular Momentum Matrices 504<br/> 11.6 ThePauli Spin Matrices 512<br/> 11.7 Free-Particle Wavefunctions, Including Spin 517<br/> 11.8 The Magnetic Moment of an Electron 519<br/> 11.9 Precession of an Electron in a Magnetic Field 527<br/> 11.10 The Addition of Two Spins 536<br/> 11.11 The Density Matrix 543<br/> 11.12 Other "Pictures" in Quantum Mechanics 553<br/> 11.13 Polarization States. EPR Revisited 558<br/> 11.14 The Transfer Matrix 571<br/><br/> 12 Application to Atomic, Molecular, Solid-State, and<br/> Nuclear Physics. Elements of Quantum Statistics 579<br/> 12.1 The Total Angular Momentum, J 579<br/> 12.2 One-Electron Atoms 584<br/> 12.3 The Pauli Principle 597<br/> 12.4 The Periodic Table 602<br/> 12.5 The Slater Determinant 612<br/> 12.6 Application of Symmetrization Rules to the Helium Atom 614<br/> 12.7 The Hydrogen and Deuterium Molecules 623<br/> 12.8 Brief Description of Quantum Models for Superconductivity and<br/> Superfluidity 630<br/> 12.9 Impurity Semiconductors and the p-n Junction 641<br/> 12.10 Elements of Nuclear Physics. The Deuteron and Isospin 669<br/><br/> 13 Perturbation Theory 681<br/> 13.1 Time-Independent, Nondegenerate Perturbation Theory 681<br/> 13.2 Time-Independent, Degenerate Perturbation Theory 692<br/> 13.3 The Stark Effect 700<br/> 13.4 The Nearly Free Electron Model 703<br/> 13.5 Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory 709<br/> 13.6 Harmonic Perturbation 712<br/><br/><br/><br/> 13.7 Application of Harmonic Perturbation Theory 718<br/> 13.8 Selective Perturbations in Time 727<br/> 13.9 Atom-Radiation Interaction 739<br/> 13.10 Hartree-FockModel 757<br/><br/> 14 Scattering in Three Dimensions<br/> 14.1 Partial Waves 762<br/> 14.2 S-Wave Scattering 770<br/> 14.3 Center-of-Mass Frame 774<br/> 14.4 The Bor Approximation 777<br/> 14.5 Atomic-Radiative Absorption Cross Section 782<br/> 14.6 Elements of Formal Scattering Theory. The Lippmann-Schwinger<br/> Equation 785<br/><br/> 15 Relativistic Quantum Mechanics<br/> 15.1 Preliminary Remarks 793<br/> 15.2 Klein-Gordon Equation 798<br/> 15.3 Dirac Equation 800<br/> 15.4 Electron Magnetic Moment 806<br/> 15.5 Covariant Description 810<br/><br/> 16 Quantum Computing<br/> 16.1 Binary Number System 817<br/> 16.2 Logic Gates 823<br/> 16.3 Turing Machine and Complexity Classes 830<br/> 16.4 Qubits and Quantum Logic Gates 832<br/><br/> List of Symbols<br/><br/> APPENDIXES<br/><br/>A � Additional Remarks on the x and p Representations<br/><br/>B � Spin and Statistics<br/><br/>C � Representations of the Delta Function<br/><br/>D � Differential Vector Relations |
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| Keyword | Quantum theory |
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