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Presenting fundamental concepts of quantum mechanics in a comprehensive manner with the help of solved problems.
List of contents
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.
About the author
Ajit Kumar is Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. He did his integrated M.Sc. (5 year) in theoretical and mathematical physics and Ph.D. in field theory from Moscow in 1977 and 1980, respectively. He was then a post doctoral Fellow at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow. His current research is related to the problems of nonlinear optics, solution of non-linear Schrodinger equation in nonlinear optical media, fiber-optic solitons and their switching dynamics and electromagnetic wave propagation in metamaterials. He has been teaching the basic subjects of theoretical physics including classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, electrodynamics, quantum field theory, group theory and applications, and general theory of relativity for the last 28 years. He has carried out collaborative research work at various universities and research institutes in Europe such as Heinrich Heine University (Institute of Theoretical Physics 1), Dusseldorf, Germany, British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich; Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany; Georg-August University (3rd Physical Institute), Gottingen, Germany, Bourgogne University, Dijon, France, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Munich, Germany and Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.
Summary
Covers modern algebraic language of quantum mechanics, wherein the fundamental concepts and methods of solutions are translated into the algebraic formalism and compared with the earlier simpler approach.
