Quantum mechanics : two volumes bound as one / Albert Messiah

By:

Messiah, Albert [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Mineola, New York : Dover Publications Inc. 2014Description: 2 volumes in 1 (xxi, 1136 pages) : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:

9780486784557

Subject(s):

Quantum theory

DDC classification:

23 530.12 M563Q

Contents:

pt. 1. The formalism and its interpretation: The origins of the quantum theory -- Matter waves and the Schrödinger equation -- One-dimensional quantized systems -- Statistical interpretation of the wave-corpuscle duality and the uncertainty relations -- Development of the formalism of wave mechanics and its interpretation -- Classical approximation and the WKB method -- General formalism of the quantum theory : mathematical framework -- General formalism : description of physical phenomena -- pt. II. Simple systems: Solution of the Schrödinger equation by separation of variables : central potential -- Scattering problems, central potential and phase-shift method -- The Coulomb interaction -- The harmonic oscillator -- pt. III. Symmetries and invariance: Angular momentum in quantum mechanics -- Systems of identical particles : Pauli exclusion principle -- Invariance and conservation theorems : time reversal -- pt. IV. Methods of approximation: Stationary perturbations -- Approximate solutions of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation -- The variational method and associated problems -- Collision theory -- pt. V. Elements of relativistic quantum mechanics: The Dirac equation -- Field quantization : radiation theory.

Summary: "This volume serves as a text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of physics as well as a reference for professionals. Clear in its presentation and scrupulous in its attention to detail, the treatment orginally appeared in a two-volume French edition."--Back cover.

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Translation of: Mécanique quantique.

pt. 1. The formalism and its interpretation: The origins of the quantum theory --
Matter waves and the Schrödinger equation --
One-dimensional quantized systems --
Statistical interpretation of the wave-corpuscle duality and the uncertainty relations --
Development of the formalism of wave mechanics and its interpretation --
Classical approximation and the WKB method --
General formalism of the quantum theory : mathematical framework --
General formalism : description of physical phenomena --
pt. II. Simple systems: Solution of the Schrödinger equation by separation of variables : central potential --
Scattering problems, central potential and phase-shift method --
The Coulomb interaction --
The harmonic oscillator --
pt. III. Symmetries and invariance: Angular momentum in quantum mechanics --
Systems of identical particles : Pauli exclusion principle --
Invariance and conservation theorems : time reversal --
pt. IV. Methods of approximation: Stationary perturbations --
Approximate solutions of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation --
The variational method and associated problems --
Collision theory --
pt. V. Elements of relativistic quantum mechanics: The Dirac equation --
Field quantization : radiation theory.

"This volume serves as a text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of physics as well as a reference for professionals. Clear in its presentation and scrupulous in its attention to detail, the treatment orginally appeared in a two-volume French edition."--Back cover.

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