Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics

Presenting fundamental concepts of quantum mechanics in a comprehensive manner with the help of solved problems.

Ajit Kumar (Author)

9781107185586, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 3 May 2018

442 pages
24.6 x 19 x 2.3 cm, 0.83 kg

This book is a comprehensive text in the field of quantum mechanics, covering fundamental concepts including the state of a quantum mechanical system, operators, superposition principle and measurement postulate. The notion of an operator and the algebra of operators are introduced with the help of elementary concepts of mathematical analysis. Mathematical tools developed will help readers in understanding the difficulties encountered in classical physics while trying to explain the experimental results involving atomic spectra and other phenomena. The differential equations that arise while solving eigenvalue problems are solved rigorously, to make the text self-sufficient. The solutions are then physically interpreted and explained. The text offers solved examples, analogous and homework problems to help students in solving practical problems of physics requiring quantum mechanical treatment.

Preface
Acknowledgement
Dedication
1. Introduction
2. The postulates of quantum mechanics
3. One-dimensional problems
4. Algebraic formulation for quantum mechanics
5. Quantum mechanics in three spatial dimensions
6. Quantum mechanical theory of orbital angular momentum
7. Simple magnetic field effects
8. Quantum mechanical theory of spin angular momentum
9. Addition of angular momenta
10. Quantum mechanics of many particle systems
11. Symmetry and conservation laws
12. Relativistic generalization
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Quantum physics [quantum mechanics & quantum field theory PHQ], Atomic & molecular physics [PHM]