Quantum mechanics for nuclear structure. Volume 1, A primer. / Kris Heyde and John L. Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heyde, Kris L. G., 1942- author.

Wood, J. L. (John L.), 1941- author.

Contributor:

Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

IOP series in nuclear spectroscopy and nuclear structure.

IOP series in nuclear spectroscopy and nuclear structure

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear physics.

Nuclear structure.

Quantum theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : IOP Publishing, [2020]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

Biography/History:

Kris Heyde is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Ghent University. He continues to work on joint research projects with both experimental and theoretical nuclear physicists. His research interests include learning how collectivity emerges starting from a microscopic point of view, and he has a long-standing interest in the presence of shape coexistence in atomic nuclei, in particular studying the conditions needed to be realized throughout the nuclear mass table. John Wood John Wood is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Physics at Georgia Institute of Technology. He continues to collaborate on research projects in both experimental and theoretical nuclear physics. Special research interests include nuclear shapes and systematics of nuclear structure.

Summary:

This book – the first of a two-volume set – provides a comprehensive introduction to quantum mechanics for nuclear structure for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students entering the field. The goal is the theoretical description of nuclear structure, beginning with logical foundations based on linear spaces and operators, as applied to two-state systems: both polarized photons and spin-1/2 particles. This leads to the logic behind the physical structure and an axiomatic formulation using linear spaces and operators. The one-dimensional harmonic oscillator is featured as the epitome of the mathematics and the physics. Matrix mechanics is introduced as the fundamental approach needed for calculations of eigenstates. The basics of measurement theory are covered. Wave functions and time dependence are developed using continuous transformation operators. A basic introduction to group theory and the algebra of angular momentum is given. Central force problems are handled algebraically. Finally, charged particle motion in a magnetic field is quantized to illustrate the power of algebraic approaches.

Contents:

1. Theory of polarized photons

2. Theory of the Stern–Gerlach experiment for spin-1−2particles

3. The axioms of quantum mechanics

4. Linear spaces and linear operators

5. The harmonic oscillator

6. Representations: matrices

7. Observables and measurements

8. Representations: position, momentum, wave functions, andfunction spaces

9. Quantum dynamics: time evolution and the Schrödinger andHeisenberg pictures

10. Rotations and continuous transformation groups

11. Angular momentum and spin in quantum mechanics

12. Central force problems

13. Motion of an electron in a uniform magnetic field.

Notes:

"Version: 20200401"--Title page verso.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 6, 2020).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780750341714 (electronic book)

9780750321792

9780750321709

0750321709

9780750321716

0750321717

OCLC:

1153431263