Trans. by E. M. Harrell
This book is a new edition of Volumes 3 and 4 of Walter Thirring’s famous textbook on mathematical physics. The first part is devoted to quantum mechanics and especially to its applications to scattering theory, atoms and molecules. The second part deals with quantum statistical mechanics examining fundamental concepts like entropy, ergodicity and thermodynamic functions.
Author(s): Walter Thirring
Edition: 2
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 592
Tags: Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics; Quantum Physics; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics
Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-9
The Mathematical Formulation of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 11-83
Quantum Dynamics....Pages 85-183
Atomic Systems....Pages 185-280
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Systems with Many Particles....Pages 283-325
Thermostatics....Pages 327-422
Thermodynamics....Pages 423-499
Physical Systems....Pages 501-567
Back Matter....Pages 569-592