Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Nanotechnology and Information Science

Presents the fundamentals of quantum theory within a modern perspective, with emphasis on applications to nanoscience and nanotechnology and information technology

Yehuda B. Band (Author), Yshai Avishai (Author)

9780444537867, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 27 November 2012

992 pages, 35 illustrations
23.4 x 19 x 4.7 cm, 2.15 kg

"...a grandiose project creating a unified source of all important information related to modern Quantum Mechanics…has a very good balance between verbal explanations and math in the text and between the text itself, problems and illustrations." --Zentralblatt MATH

Quantum mechanics transcends and supplants classical mechanics at the atomic and subatomic levels. It provides the underlying framework for many subfields of physics, chemistry and materials science, including condensed matter physics, atomic physics, molecular physics, quantum chemistry, particle physics, and nuclear physics. It is the only way we can understand the structure of materials, from the semiconductors in our computers to the metal in our automobiles. It is also the scaffolding supporting much of nanoscience and nanotechnology. The purpose of this book is to present the fundamentals of quantum theory within a modern perspective, with emphasis on applications to nanoscience and nanotechnology, and information-technology. As the frontiers of science have advanced, the sort of curriculum adequate for students in the sciences and engineering twenty years ago is no longer satisfactory today. Hence, the emphasis on new topics that are not included in older reference texts, such as quantum information theory, decoherence and dissipation, and on applications to nanotechnology, including quantum dots, wires and wells.

1. Introduction to Nanotechnology and Information-Technology2. The Formalism of Quantum Mechanics3. Angular Momentum and Spin6. Quantum Information7. Quantum Dynamics and Correlations8. Approximation Methods 3719. Identical Particles10. Electronic Properties of Solids11. Electronic Structure of Multi-Electron Systems12. Molecules13. Scattering Theory14. Many-Body Theory15. Density Functional Theory16. Quantum Dots and Other Low-Dimensional Systems17. Decoherence and DissipationA. Linear AlgebraB. Probability TheoryC. Some Simple Ordinary Differential EquationsD. Vector AnalysisE. Fourier AnalysisF. Symmetry and Group Theory

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