Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

A clear and accessible introduction to theory and applications of quantum mechanics for junior/senior undergraduate students of physics.

David J. Griffiths (Author), Darrell F. Schroeter (Author)

9781107189638, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 16 August 2018

508 pages
25.2 x 19.1 x 2.6 cm, 1.26 kg

Changes and additions to the new edition of this classic textbook include a new chapter on symmetries, new problems and examples, improved explanations, more numerical problems to be worked on a computer, new applications to solid state physics, and consolidated treatment of time-dependent potentials.

Part I. Theory: 1. The wave function
2. Time-independent Schrodinger equation
3. Formalism
4. Quantum mechanics in three dimensions
5. Identical particles
6. Symmetry
Part II. Application: 7. Time-independent perturbation theory
8. The variational principle
9. The WKB approximation
10. Scattering
11. Quantum dynamics
12. Afterword
Appendix A. Linear algebra
Index.

Subject Areas: Applied physics [PHV], Quantum physics [quantum mechanics & quantum field theory PHQ], Physics [PH]