Quantum mechanics / P.J.E. Peebles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peebles, P. J. E. (Phillip James Edwin), author.

Series:

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 419 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This text explains the often counterintuitive physics of quantum mechanics, unlocking this key area of physics for students by enabling them to work through detailed applications of general concepts and ideas. The book states general principles first in terms of wave mechanics and then in the standard abstract linear space formalism. It offers a detailed discussion of measurement theory - an essential feature of quantum mechanics - and emphasizes the art of numerical estimates. Along the way, the book provides a wealth of physical examples together with numerous problems, some easy, some challenging, but all of them selected because they are physically interesting. The book is an essential resource for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in physics.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Historical Development

Chapter 2 Wave Mechanics

Chapter 3 Abstract Linear Space of State Vectors

Chapter 4 Measurement Theory

Chapter 5 Perturbation Theory

Chapter 6 Atomic and Molecular Structure

Chapter 7 Scattering Theory

Chapter 8 Dirac Theory of the Electron

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 5, 2021).

ISBN:

9781523148394

152314839X

9780691206738

0691206732