Williams Topics in Quantum Mechanics

2003
ISBN: 978-1-4612-0009-3
Verlag: Birkhäuser Boston
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 27, 398 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematical Physics

This self-contained text presents quantum mechanics from the point of view of some computational examples with a mixture of mathematical clarity often not found in texts offering only a purely physical point of view. Emphasis is placed on the systematic application of the Nikiforov-- Uvarov theory of generalized hypergeometric differential equations to solve the Schr"dinger equation and to obtain the quantization of energies from a single unified point of view.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, Floyd

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface * Part I. Introductory Concepts in Quantum Theory * Units of Measurement * Quantum Mechanics---Some Remarks and Themes * Equations of Motion in Classical Mechanics * Quantization and the Schrödinger Equation * Hypergeometric Equations and Special Functions * Hydrogen-like Atoms * Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle * Group Representations and Selection Rules * A Charged Particle in an Electro-magnetic Field * Spin Wave Functions * Introduction to Multi-electron Atoms * Part II. Some Selected Topics * Fresnel Integrals and Feynman Integrals * Path Integral for the Harmonic Oscillator * Euclidean Path Integrals * The Density Matrix and Partition Function * Zeta Regularization * Helmholtz Free Energy and the Selberg Trace Formula * The Zeta Function of a Product * Two Guest Lectures * Some Further Electron Configurations * Mendeléev Periodic Table * Another Example of Zeta Regularization * Integral Evaluation * Some Informal Comments on QFT * References * Index