Introduction to Quantum Mechanics - 3rd Edition

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.

List of contents

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

Product details

• Authors: David J. Griffiths, David J. (Reed College Griffiths, Griffiths David J., Darrell F. Schroeter, Darrell F. (Reed College Schroeter
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781107189638
• ISBN: 978-1-107-18963-8
• Dimensions: 253 mm x 195 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)