Relativistic Quantum Mechanics

2. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-3-540-25502-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1290 g

Reihe: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

In this book, quantum mechanics is developed from the outset on a relativistic basis, using the superposition principle, Lorentz invariance and gauge invariance. Nonrelativistic quantum mechanics as well as classical relativistic mechanics appear as special cases. They are the sources of familiar names such as "orbital angular momentum", "spin-orbit coupling" and "magnetic moment" for operators of the relativistic quantum formalism. The theory of binaries, in terms of differential equations, is treated for the first time in this book. These have the mathematical structure of the corresponding one-body equations (Klein-Gordon for two spinless particles, Dirac for two spinor particles) with a relativistically reduced mass. They allow the calculation of radiative corrections via the vector potential operator. This second edition of the successful textbook adds various new sections on relativistic quantum chemistry and on the relativistic treatment of the proton in hydrogen. Others chapters have been expanded, e.g. on hyperfinite interactions, or carefully revisited.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pilkuhn, Hartmut

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Relativität, Gravitation
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Maxwell and Schrödinger.- Lorentz, Pauli and Dirac.- Quantum Fields and Particles.- Scattering and Bound States.- Hyperfine Shifts, Radiation, Quarks.