David Bohm

Quantum Theory

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This advanced undergraduate-level text presents the quantum theory in terms of qualitative and imaginative concepts, followed by specific applications worked out in mathematical detail.

Produktdetails

• Dover Books on Physics
• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 1989
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 141mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9780486659695
• ISBN-10: 0486659690
• Artikelnr.: 22221535

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Physical formulation of the quantum theory 1. The origin of the
quantum theory 2. Further developments of the early quantum theory 3. Wave
packets and De Broglie waves 4. The definition of probabilities 5. The
uncertainty principle 6. Wave vs. particle properties of matter 7. Summary
of quantum concepts introduced 8. An attempt to build a physical picture of
the quantum nature of matter Part II Mathematical formulation of the
quantum theory 9. Wave functions, operators, and Schrödinger's equation 10.
Fluctuations, correlations, and eigenfunctions Part III Applications to
simple systems. Further extension of quantum theory formulation 11.
Solutions of wave equations for square potentials 12. The classical limit
of quantum theory. The WKB approximation 13. The harmonic oscillator 14.
Angular momentum and the three-dimensional wave equation 15. Solution of
radial equation, the hydrogen atom, the effect of a magnetic field 16.
Matrix formulation of quantum theory 17. Spin and angular momentum Part IV
Methods of approximate solution of Schrödinger's equation 18. Perturbation
theory, time-dependent and time-independent 19. Degenerate perturbations
20. Sudden and adiabatic approximations Part V Theory of scattering 21.
Theory of scattering Part VI Quantum theory of the process of measurement
22. Quantum theory of the process of measurement 23. Relationship between
quantum and classical concepts Index