Quantum Theory

Name: Quantum Theory
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ISBN: 9780486659695

ISBN-10: 0486659690

ISBN-13: 9780486659695

Edition: 1989

Authors: David Bohm

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Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/1/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 5.35" wide x 8.46" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English




Physical formulation of the quantum theory



The origin of the quantum theory



Further developments of the early quantum theory



Wave packets and De Broglie waves



The definition of probabilities



The uncertainty principle



Wave vs. particle properties of matter



Summary of quantum concepts introduced



An attempt to build a physical picture of the quantum nature of matter



Mathematical formulation of the quantum theory



Wave functions, operators, and Schrodinger's equation



Fluctuations, correlations, and eigenfunctions



Applications to simple systems


Further extension of quantum theory formulation



Solutions of wave equations for square potentials



The classical limit of quantum theory


The WKB approximation



The harmonic oscillator



Angular momentum and the three-dimensional wave equation



Solution of radial equation, the hydrogen atom, the effect of a magnetic field



Matrix formulation of quantum theory



Spin and angular momentum



Methods of approximate solution of Schrodinger's equation



Perturbation theory, time-dependent and time-independent



Degenerate perturbations



Sudden and adiabatic approximations



Theory of scattering



Theory of scattering



Quantum theory of the process of measurement



Quantum theory of the process of measurement



Relationship between quantum and classical concepts


Index