Beautifully illustrated and engagingly written, Twelve Lectures in Quantum Mechanics presents theoretical physics with a breathtaking array of examples and anecdotes. Basdevant’s style is clear and stimulating, in the manner of a brisk lecture that can be followed with ease and enjoyment. Here is a sample of the book’s style, from the opening of Chapter 1: "If one were to ask a passer-by to quote a great formula of physics, chances are that the answer would be ‘E = mc2’…. There is no way around it: all physics is quantum, from elementary particles, to stellar physics and the Big Bang, not to mention semiconductors and solar cells."
Author(s): Jean-Louis Basdevant
Series: Graduate Texts in Physics
Edition: 2
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 501
Tags: Physics.;Quantum theory.;Computers -- Information Technology.;Science -- Nuclear Physics.;Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory).;Science -- Quantum Theory.
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
The Appeal of Physics....Pages 1-13
A Quantum Phenomenon....Pages 15-33
Wave Function, Schrödinger Equation....Pages 35-62
Physical Quantities....Pages 63-82
Energy Quantization....Pages 83-117
Principles of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 119-145
Two-State Systems....Pages 147-182
Algebra of Observables....Pages 183-218
Approximation Methods....Pages 219-228
Angular Momentum....Pages 229-251
The Hydrogen Atom....Pages 253-277
Spin 1/2....Pages 279-311
Addition of Angular Momenta....Pages 313-342
Identical Particles, the Pauli Principle....Pages 343-384
Lagrangian and Hamiltonian, Lorentz Force in Quantum Mechanics....Pages 385-401
The Evolution of Systems....Pages 403-431
Entangled States. The Way of Paradoxes....Pages 433-457
Solutions to the Exercises....Pages 459-494
Back Matter....Pages 495-501
