For more than 25 years, Alastair Rae's Quantum Mechanics has been one of the most highly regarded textbooks in this area in Europe. Retaining the clarity of its predecessors, this sixth edition presents revised and updated material throughout the text. With the co-authorship of experienced textbook author Jim Napolitano of Temple University, the sixth edition is also ideally suited for use by US students. This new edition fully covers the concepts of quantum mechanics taught in an undergraduate physics course.
Author(s): Alastair I. M. Rae; Jim Napolitano
Edition: 6
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 416
Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Preface to Sixth Edition
Preface to Fifth Edition
Preface to Fourth Edition
Preface to Third Edition
Preface to Second Edition
Preface to First Edition
Author Biographies
CONTENTS
PART I - Waves, Electromagnetism, and the Limits of Classical Physics
1. The Physics and Mathematics of Waves
2. Maxwell’s Equations and Electromagnetic Waves
3. Particle Mechanics, Relativity, and Photons
4. The Early Development of Quantum Mechanics
PART II - Elementary Wave Mechanics
5. The One-dimensional Schrödinger Equations
6. The Three-dimensional Schrödinger Equations
PART III - Formal Foundations
7. The Basic Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
8. Angular Momentum I
9. Angular Momentum II
PART IV - Extensions and Approximation Schemes
10. Time-independent Perturbation Theory and the Variational Principle
11. Time Dependence
12. Scattering
13. Many-particle Systems
PART V - Advanced Topics
14. Relativity and Quantum Mechanics
15. Quantum Information
16. The Conceptual Problems of Quantum Mechanics
Bibliography
Back Cover
errata
