Quantum mechanics is the key to modern physics and chemistry, yet it is notoriously difficult to understand. This book is designed to overcome that obstacle. Clear and concise, it provides an easily readable introduction intended for science undergraduates with no previous knowledge of quantum theory, leading them through to the advanced topics usually encountered at the final year level.
Although the subject matter is standard, novel techniques have been employed that considerably simplify the technical presentation. The authors use their extensive experience of teaching and popularizing science to explain the many difficult, abstract points of the subject in easily comprehensible language. Helpful examples and thorough sets of exercises are also given to enable students to master the subject.PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS Origins Collapse of Determinism Matter Waves Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle When is a Wave a Particle? Schrodinger's Wave Equation
WAVE MECHANICS I Time-Independent Schrodinger Equation The Infinite Square-Well Potential Degeneracy and Parity Finite Square Well Bouncing Ball
ONE-DIMENSIONAL DELTA WELLS The Single One-Dimensional Delta Well The One-Dimensional Triple Delta Well
WAVE MECHANICS 2 Simple Harmonic Oscillator Hydrogen Atom Free Particles Scattering from a Potential Step Tunnelling Many-Particle Wave Functions
SCATTERING IN THREE DIMENSIONS Partial Wave Analysis Attractive Spherical Well in the Limit of Low Energy S-Wave Scattering Repulsive Spherical Obstacle
THE FORMAL RULES OF QUANTUM MECHANICS Wave Superposition in Vector Language Operators Momentum and Position Eigenstates Compatible Observables and Commutation Relations Symmetry and Conservation Laws Summary
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