Product Information
Rapid advances in quantum optics, atomic physics, particle physics and other areas have been driven by fantastic progress in instrumentation (especially lasers) and computing technology as well as by the ever-increasing emphasis on symmetry and information concepts-requiring that all physicists receive a thorough grounding in quantum mechanics. This book provides a carefully structured and complete exposition of quantum mechanics and illustrates the common threads linking many different phenomena and subfields of physics.Product Identifiers
PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-100471887021
ISBN-139780471887027
eBay Product ID (ePID)1059340
Product Key Features
Number of Pages672 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameQuantum Mechanics
Publication Year1998
SubjectPhysics / Quantum Theory
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaScience
AuthorEugen Merzbacher
FormatBook, Trade Paperback, Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight42.6 Oz
Item Length10.1 in
Item Width7.3 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number3
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN97-020756
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal530.12
Edition DescriptionRevised Edition
Lc Classification NumberQc174.12.M47 1998
Table of ContentIntroduction to Quantum Mechanics. Wave Packets, Free Particle Motion, and the Wave Equation. The Schrödinger Equation, the Wave Function, and Operator Algebra. The Principles of Wave Mechanics. The Linear Harmonic Oscillator. Sectionally Constant Potentials in One Dimension. The WKB Approximation. Variational Methods and Simple Perturbation Theory. Vector Spaces in Quantum Mechanics. Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors of Operators, the Uncertainty Relations, and the Harmonic Oscillator. Angular Momentum in Quantum Mechanics. Spherically Symmetric Potentials. Scattering. The Principles of Quantum Dynamics. The Quantum Dynamics of a Particle. The Spin. Rotations and Other Symmetry Operations. Bound-State Perturbation Theory. Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory. The Formal Theory of Scattering. Identical Particles. Applications to Many-Body Systems. Photons and the Electromagnetic Field. Relativistic Electron Theory. Appendix. References. Index.