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| Preface | |
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| Origins of Quantum Physics | |
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| Historical Note | |
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| Particle Aspect of Radiation | |
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| Wave Aspect of Particles | |
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| Particles versus Waves | |
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| Indeterministic Nature of the Microphysical World | |
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| Atomic Transitions and Spectroscopy | |
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| Quantization Rules | |
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| Wave Packets | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Mathematical Tools of Quantum Mechanics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Hilbert Space and Wave Functions | |
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| Dirac Notation | |
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| Operators | |
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| Representation in Discrete Bases | |
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| Representation in Continuous Bases | |
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| Matrix and Wave Mechanics | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Postulates of Quantum Mechanics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Basic Postulates of Quantum Mechanics | |
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| The State of a System | |
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| Observables and Operators | |
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| Measurement in Quantum Mechanics | |
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| Time Evolution of the System's State | |
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| Symmetries and Conservation Laws | |
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| Connecting Quantum to Classical Mechanics | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| One-Dimensional Problems | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Properties of One-Dimensional Motion | |
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| The Free Particle: Continuous States | |
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| The Potential Step | |
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| The Potential Barrier and Well | |
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| The Infinite Square Well Potential | |
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| The Finite Square Well Potential | |
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| The Harmonic Oscillator | |
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| Numerical Solution of the Schr_dinger Equation | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Angular Momentum | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Orbital Angular Momentum | |
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| General Formalism of Angular Momentum | |
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| Matrix Representation of Angular Momentum | |
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| Geometrical Representation of Angular Momentum | |
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| Spin Angular Momentum | |
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| Eigen functions of Orbital Angular Momentum | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Three-Dimensional Problems | |
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| Introduction | |
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| 3D Problems in Cartesian Coordinates | |
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| 3D Problems in Spherical Coordinates | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Rotations and Addition of Angular Momenta | |
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| Rotations in Classical Physics | |
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| Rotations in Quantum Mechanics | |
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| Addition of Angular Momenta | |
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| Scalar, Vector and Tensor Operators | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Identical Particles | |
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| Many-Particle Systems | |
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| Systems of Identical Particles | |
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| The Pauli Exclusion Principle | |
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| The Exclusion Principle and the Periodic Table | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Approximation Methods for Stationary States | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Time-Independent Perturbation Theory | |
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| The Variational Method | |
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| The Wentzel "Kramers" Brillou in Method | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Pictures of Quantum Mechanics | |
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| Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory | |
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| Adiabatic and Sudden Approximations | |
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| Interaction of Atoms with Radiation | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Scattering Theory | |
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| Scattering and Cross Section | |
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| Scattering Amplitude of Spinless Particles | |
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| The Born Approximation | |
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| Partial Wave Analysis | |
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| Scattering of Identical Particles | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| The Delta Function | |
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| One-Dimensional Delta Function | |
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| Three-Dimensional Delta Function | |
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| Angular Momentum in Spherical Coordinates | |
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| Derivation of Some General | |
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| Gradient and Laplacianin Spherical Coo | |