A Cambridge Quantum Mechanics Primer

Master quantum mechanics for entry-level university, and develop the skills required for physics, maths and engineering degrees.

Mark Warner (Author), Anson C. H. Cheung (Author)

9781838216047, Periphyseos Press

Paperback / softback, published 14 January 2021

126 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm, 0.24 kg

'This excellent introduction to quantum mechanics has just the right mixture of conceptual explanations and mathematical background to help students develop their problem-solving skills.' Daniel Fleisch, Wittenberg University

This quantum mechanics primer will accompany the reader from school to university. The formal basis of the subject is briefly introduced, and the reader is then quickly given the tools to start solving problems as diverse as quantising motion in potentials, quantum mechanical tunnelling, muon catalysed fusion, pair production, motion in nanostructures, and the interference of particles as waves. Chapters 1–3 guide the transition from school to university, and develop the skills and understanding that are typically tested in admissions to university physics, maths and engineering degrees. Chapters 2–5 cover university-level quantum mechanics courses, up to the second year of a typical physics degree. All problems can be answered and marked on the Isaac Physics online platform. Registration is free and gives both students and teachers personalised support through a sophisticated online marking system for all problems. This second edition is a co-publication between Periphyseos Press and Cambridge University Press.

1. Preliminaries
2. Schrödinger's Equation
3. Classically Forbidden Regions
4. Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
5. Space and Time.

Subject Areas: Educational: study & revision guides [YQZ], Educational: Physics [YQSP], Mathematical physics [PHU], Quantum physics [quantum mechanics & quantum field theory PHQ], Physics [PH]