Contemporary Quantum Mechanics in Practice - Problems and Solutions

"This book introduces the contemporary cutting-edge research in quantum mechanics through problems and solutions based on topics rarely covered in the classroom. It is an indispensable resource for undergraduate and graduate students alike, as well as for instructors and early-career researchers in quantum mechanics, to compliment traditional textbooks"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Operators, Transformations, and Symmetry; 3. Geometrical Phases; 4. Density Operator; 5. Identical Particles and Elements of Second Quantization; 6. Relativistic Effects in Quantum Mechanics: the Dirac Equation; References; Index.

About the author

Prof Lilia M. Woods is Professor and Associate Chair at the Department of Physics, University of South Florida where she has taught many courses in the past two decades. An academician with a stellar publication record, her research focus is on several aspects of quantum mechanics, nanomaterials, device-modelling etc.Pablo Rodríguez López is an assistant professor at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid and is a part of the GISC. Since finishing his PhD at the Complutense University of Madrid, followed by postdoctoral experience at the University of Loughborough, the National Centre for Scientific Research of France (CNRS) and Spain (CSIC), and the University of South Florida, he has been a collaborator of Lilia M. Woods and has authored many high-impact publications.

Summary

This book introduces contemporary cutting-edge research in quantum mechanics through problems and solutions based on topics rarely covered in the classroom. It is an indispensable resource for undergraduate and graduate students alike, as well as for instructors and early-career researchers in quantum mechanics, to complement traditional textbooks.

Product details

• Authors: Pablo Rodriguez Lopez, Pablo (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Rodriguez Lopez, Pablo Rodríguez López, Lilia (University of South Florida) Woods, Lilia (University of South Florida) Rodrigu Woods, Lilia M Woods, Lilia M. Woods, Lilia M. (University of South Florida) Rodr Woods
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781009355445
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0935544-5
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Mathematical physics, For undergraduate education and equivalents, For graduate / post-graduate and equivalents