Modern Quantum Mechanics

A comprehensive and engaging textbook, providing a graduate-level, non-historical, modern introduction of quantum mechanical concepts.

J. J. Sakurai (Author), Jim Napolitano (Author)

9781108473224, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 17 September 2020

566 pages
25.2 x 19.3 x 2.9 cm, 1.38 kg

'Theoretical particle physics students may find this book well oriented to their needs … this book can be well recommended as an intermediate text … It is a worthy memorial to a much-appreciated scientist.' Peter J. Bussey, Contemporary Physics

Modern Quantum Mechanics is a classic graduate level textbook, covering the main concepts from quantum mechanics in a clear, organized and engaging manner. The original author, J. J. Sakurai, was a renowned particle theorist. This third edition, revised by Jim Napolitano, introduces topics that extend its value into the twenty-first century, such as modern mathematical techniques for advanced quantum mechanical calculations, while at the same time retaining fundamental topics such as neutron interferometer experiments, Feynman path integrals, correlation measurements, and Bell's inequalities. A solutions manual is available.

1. Fundamental concepts
2. Quantum dynamics
3. Theory of angular momentum
4. Symmetry in quantum mechanics
5. Approximation methods
6. Scattering theory
7. Identical particles
8. Relativistic quantum mechanics
Appendix A. Electromagnetic units
Appendix B. Elementary solutions to Schrödinger's wave equation
Appendix C. Hamiltonian for a charge in an electromagnetic field
Appendix D. Proof of the angular-momentum addition rule (3.8.38)
Appendix E. Finding Clebsch–Gordan coefficients
Appendix F. Notes on complex variables.

Subject Areas: Quantum physics [quantum mechanics & quantum field theory PHQ]