Quantum mechanics / by L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz ; translated from the Russian by J.B. Sykes and J.S. Bell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landau, L. D. (Lev Davidovich), 1908-1968, author.

Lifshit︠s︡, E. M. (Evgeniĭ Mikhaĭlovich), author.

Contributor:

Sykes, J. B., translator.

Bell, J. S. (John Stewart), 1928-1990, translator.

Series:

A shorter course of theoretical physics ; volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physics.

Mechanics.

Quantum theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (672 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Pergamon Press, 1974.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Quantum Mechanics

Contents:

Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; A Shorter Course of Theoretical Physics: IN THREE VOLUMES; Copyright; PREFACE; PUBLISHER'S NOTE; NOTATION; Part I: Non-relativistic theory; Chapter 1: THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS; Publisher Summary; 1. The uncertainty principle; 2. The principle of superposition; 3. Operators; 4. Addition and multiplication of operators; 5. The continuous spectrum; 6. The passage to the limiting case of classical mechanics; 7. The density matrix; Chapter 2: CONSERVATION LAWS IN QUANTUM MECHANICS; Publisher Summary; 8. The Hamiltonian operator

9. The differentiation of operators with respect to time10. Stationary states; 11. Matrices of physical quantities; 12. Momentum; 13. Uncertainty relations; 14. Angular momentum; 15. Eigenvalues of the angular momentum; 16. Eigenfunctions of the angular momentum; 17. Addition of angular momenta; 18. Angular momentum selection rules; 19. Parity of a state; Chapter 3: SCHRÖDINGER'S EQUATION; Publisher Summary; 20. Schrödinger's equation; 21. The current density; 22. General properties of solutions of Schrödinger's equation; 23. Time reversal; 24. The potential well

25. The linear oscillator26. The quasi-classical wave function; 27. Bohr and Sommerfeld's quantisation rule; 28. The transmission coefficient; 29. Motion in a centrally symmetric field; 30. Spherical waves; 31. Motion in a Coulomb field; Chapter 4: PERTURBATION THEORY; Publisher Summary; 32. Perturbations independent of time; 33. The secular equation; 34. Perturbations depending on time; 35. Transitions in the continuous spectrum; 36. Intermediate states; 37. The uncertainty relation for energy; 38. Quasi-stationary states; Chapter 5: SPIN; Publisher Summary; 39. Spin

40. The spin operator41. Spinors; 42. Polarisation of electrons; 43. A particle in a magnetic field; 44. Motion in a uniform magnetic field; Chapter 6: IDENTITY OF PARTICLES; Publisher Summary; 45. The principle of indistinguishability of similar particles; 46. Exchange interaction; 47. Second quantisation. The case of Bose statistics; 48. Second quantisation. The case of Fermi statistics; Chapter 7: THE ATOM; Publisher Summary; 49. Atomic energy levels; 50. Electron states in the atom; 51. Fine structure of atomic levels; 52. The Mendeleev periodic system; 53. X-ray terms

54. An atom in an electric field55. An atom in a magnetic field; Chapter 8: THE DIATOMIC MOLECULE; Publisher Summary; 56. Electron terms in the diatomic molecule; 57. The intersection of electron terms; 58. Valency; 59. Vibrational and rotational structures of terms in the diatomic molecule; 60. Parahydrogen and orthohydrogen; 61. Van der Waals forces; Chapter 9: ELASTIC COLLISIONS; Publisher Summary; 62. The scattering amplitude; 63. The condition for quasi-classical scattering; 64. Discrete energy levels as poles of the scattering amplitude; 65. The scattering of slow particles

66. Resonance scattering at low energies

Notes:

Translation of Kratkii kurs teoreticheskoi fiziki, kniga 2: Kvantovaya mekhanika.

Translation of Kratkii kurs teoreticheskoi fiziki, Kniga 2: Kvantovaya mekhanika.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4831-8722-5

OCLC:

881165431