This advanced undergraduate-level text provides a formulation of the quantum theory in terms of qualitative and imaginative concepts outside classical theory. A broad range of specific applications follows, worked out in considerable mathematical detail. Also included: an examination of the relationship between quantum and classical concepts. Preface. Index.
Part I Physical formulation of the quantum theory1. The origin of the quantum theory2. Further developments of the early quantum theory3. Wave packets and De Broglie waves4. The definition of probabilities5. The uncertainty principle6. Wave vs. particle properties of matter7. Summary of quantum concepts introduced8. An attempt to build a physical picture of the quantum nature of matterPart II Mathematical formulation of the quantum theory9. Wave functions, operators, and Schrödinger's equation10. Fluctuations, correlations, and eigenfunctionsPart III Applications to simple systems. Further extension of quantum theory formulation11. Solutions of wave equations for square potentials12. The classical limit of quantum theory. The WKB approximation13. The harmonic oscillator14. Angular momentum and the three-dimensional wave equation15. Solution of radial equation, the hydrogen atom, the effect of a magnetic field16. Matrix formulation of quantum theory17. Spin and angular momentumPart IV Methods of approximate solution of Schrödinger's equation18. Perturbation theory, time-dependent and time-independent19. Degenerate perturbations20. Sudden and adiabatic approximationsPart V Theory of scattering21. Theory of scatteringPart VI Quantum theory of the process of measurement22. Quantum theory of the process of measurement23. Relationship between quantum and classical conceptsIndex
