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Introduction to the quantum world of atoms and molecules/ Jens P. Dahl

By: Dahl, Jens PMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Singapore: World Scientific, 2001Description: xiii, 460 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9789810245658Subject(s): Molecules | Quantum theory | AtomsDDC classification: 539.7

Contents:

The Rise of Atomic Theory -- Early Atomic Theories -- The Chemical Atom -- The Kinetic Molecule -- The Spectroscopic Atom -- Antiatomism -- The Discovery of the Electron. The Planetary Atom -- The Constituents of Atoms and Molecules. The Modern View -- External Interactions. Photons -- The Birth of Quantum Mechanics -- Black-Body Radiation and Planck's Discovery -- Photons and the Photoelectric Effect -- The Photon is a Relativistic Particle -- The Heat-Capacity Problem -- Bohr's Theory of the Hydrogen Atom -- De Broglie Waves -- Wave Mechanics -- The Time-Dependent Schrodinger Equation -- The Time-Independent Schrodinger Equation -- Schrodinger Operators -- The Statistical Interpretation -- Particle in a Box -- The One-Dimensional Box -- Orthogonality of Wavefunctions -- Number of Nodes Versus Energy -- Inversion Symmetry -- The Three-Dimensional Box -- The Concept of Degeneracy -- The Free-Electron Model -- Non-Stationary States -- Quantum-Mechanical Operators -- The Bra-Ket Notation -- Linear Operators. The Commutator -- Hermitian Operators. Hermitian Conjugation -- Some Properties of Hermitian Operators -- Expectation Values and Uncertainties -- The Particle in a Box Revisited -- Commuting Hermitian Operators -- The General Uncertainty Principle -- Quantum Theory and Measurements -- Matrix Algebra -- The Free Particle -- The Stationary States of the Free Particle -- Non-Stationary States of the Free Particle -- The Gaussian Wave Packet -- From One to Three Dimensions -- The Harmonic Oscillator.

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The Rise of Atomic Theory --
Early Atomic Theories --
The Chemical Atom --
The Kinetic Molecule --
The Spectroscopic Atom --
Antiatomism --
The Discovery of the Electron. The Planetary Atom --
The Constituents of Atoms and Molecules. The Modern View --
External Interactions. Photons --
The Birth of Quantum Mechanics --
Black-Body Radiation and Planck's Discovery --
Photons and the Photoelectric Effect --
The Photon is a Relativistic Particle --
The Heat-Capacity Problem --
Bohr's Theory of the Hydrogen Atom --
De Broglie Waves --
Wave Mechanics --
The Time-Dependent Schrodinger Equation --
The Time-Independent Schrodinger Equation --
Schrodinger Operators --
The Statistical Interpretation --
Particle in a Box --
The One-Dimensional Box --
Orthogonality of Wavefunctions --
Number of Nodes Versus Energy --
Inversion Symmetry --
The Three-Dimensional Box --
The Concept of Degeneracy --
The Free-Electron Model --
Non-Stationary States --
Quantum-Mechanical Operators --
The Bra-Ket Notation --
Linear Operators. The Commutator --
Hermitian Operators. Hermitian Conjugation --
Some Properties of Hermitian Operators --
Expectation Values and Uncertainties --
The Particle in a Box Revisited --
Commuting Hermitian Operators --
The General Uncertainty Principle --
Quantum Theory and Measurements --
Matrix Algebra --
The Free Particle --
The Stationary States of the Free Particle --
Non-Stationary States of the Free Particle --
The Gaussian Wave Packet --
From One to Three Dimensions --
The Harmonic Oscillator.

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