quantum theory quantum computing pertrubation theory spin wavefunctions
Genre
Textbooks/Оқулықтар/Учебная литература
Summary
Careful and detailed explanations of challenging concepts, and comprehensive coverage in this quantum mechanics text, aim to set the standard in physics education. Included in this edition is a new chapter on the revolutionary topic of quantum computing
Contents
Part I. Elementary principles and applications to problems in one dimension -- Review of concepts of classical mechanics -- Historical review: experiments and theories -- The postulates of quantum mechanics. Operators, eigenfunctions, and eigenvalues -- Preparatory concepts. Function spaces and hermitian operators -- Superposition and compatible observables -- Time development, conservation theorems, and parity -- Additional one-dimensional problems. Bound and unbound states -- Finite potential well, periodic lattice, and some simple problems with two degrees of freedom -- Part II. Further development of the theory and applications to problems in three dimensions: Angular momentum -- Problems in three dimensions -- Elements of matrix mechanics. Spin wavefunctions -- Application to atomic, molecular, solid-state, and nuclear physics. Elements of quantum statistics -- Perturbation theory -- Scattering in three dimensions -- Relativistic quantum mechanics -- Quantum computing
