Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg combines exceptional physical insight with his gift for clear exposition, to provide a concise introduction to modern quantum mechanics, in this fully updated second edition of his successful textbook. Now including six brand new sections covering key topics such as the rigid rotator and quantum key distribution, as well as major additions to existing topics throughout, this revised edition is ideally suited to a one-year graduate course or as a reference for researchers. Beginning with a review of the history of quantum mechanics and an account of classic solutions of the Schrödinger equation, before quantum mechanics is developed in a modern Hilbert space approach, Weinberg uses his remarkable expertise to elucidate topics such as Bloch waves and band structure, the Wigner–Eckart theorem, magic numbers, isospin symmetry, and general scattering theory. Problems are included at the ends of chapters, with solutions available for instructors at www.cambridge.org/9781107111660. Read more...
Abstract:
In this fully updated second edition, which includes six brand new sections and major additions to existing topics, Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg demonstrates exceptional insight into modern quantum mechanics. Ideally suited to a one-year graduate course, this textbook is a useful reference for researchers and features end of chapter problems. Read more...
Author(s): Weinberg, Steven
Edition: 2. ed
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 419
City: Cambridge
Tags: Quantum theory.;Quantum theory
Content: Historical introduction --
Particle states in a central potential --
General principles of quantum mechanics --
Spin et cetera --
Approximations for energy eigenstates --
Approximations for time-dependent problems --
Potential scattering --
General scattering theory --
The canonical formalism --
Charged particles in electromegnetic fields --
The quantum theory of radiation --
Entanglement.