Principles of quantum mechanics /
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Author / Creator: | Shankar, Ramamurti. |
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Edition: | 2nd ed. |
Imprint: | New York : Plenum Press, c1994. |
Description: | xviii, 676 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2763980 |
Table of Contents:
- Mathematical Introduction
- Review of Classical Mechanics
- All Is Not Well With Classical Mechanics
- The Postulates-A General Discussion
- Simple Problems in One Dimension
- The Classical Limit
- The Harmonic Oscillator
- The Path Integral Formulation of Quantum Theory
- The Heisenberg Uncertainty Relations
- Systems with N Degrees of Freedom
- Symmetries and Their Consequences
- Rotational Invariance and Angular Momentum
- The Hydrogen Atom
- Spin
- Addition of Angular Momenta
- Variational and WKB Methods
- Time-Independent Perturbation Theory
- Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory
- Scattering Theory
- The Dirac Equation
- Path Integrals-II
- Appendix
- Answers to Selected Exercises
- Table of Constants
- Index