Quantum physics : a text for graduate students / Roger G. Newton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newton, Roger G.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Graduate texts in contemporary physics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum theory.

Physical Description:

xiii, 411 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, [2002]

Summary:

This book develops quantum theory from its basic assumptions, beginning with statics, followed by dynamics, applications, and the needed computational techniques. The discussion is based on the view that the fundamental entities of the universe are not particles but fields, with the observed particles arising as their quanta. Quantum fields are thus introduced from the beginning, with a discussion of how they produce quanta that manifest themselves as particles. For developing quantum dynamics, the author uses the Lagrangian technique with the principle of stationary action. He emphasizes that the wave function does not exist in physical three-dimensional space, but in configuration space.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [399]-401) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0387954732

OCLC:

49351321