1. Edition - June 1977
199.- Euro
1977. 1524 Pages, 2 Volumes, Softcover
- Textbook -
ISBN-10: 0-471-56952-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-471-56952-7 - Wiley-VCH, Berlin








Short description
This didactically unrivalled textbook and timeless reference by Nobel Prize Laureate Claude Cohen-Tannoudji separates essential underlying principles of quantum mechanics from specific applications and practical examples and deals with each of them in a different section. Chapters emphasize principles; complementary sections supply applications. The book provides a qualitative introduction to quantum mechanical ideas; a systematic, complete and elaborate presentation of all the mathematical tools and postulates needed, including a discussion of their physical content and applications.
The book is recommended on a regular basis by lecturers of undergraduate courses.

From the contents
* Waves and Particles
* Introduction to the Fundamental Concepts of Quantum Mechanics
* The Mathematical Tools of Quantum Mechanics
* The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
* Application of the Postulates to Simple Cases: Two Level Systems and Spin 1/2 Systems
* The One Dimensional Harmonic Oscillator
* General Properties of Angular Momentum in Quantum Mechanics
* Particles in a Central Potential
* The Hydrogen Atom
* An Elementary Approach to the Quantum Theory of Scattering by a Potential Electron Spin
* Addition of Angular Momenta
* Stationary Perturbation Theory
* An Application of Perturbation Theory
* The Fine and Hyperfine Structure of the Hydrogen Atom
* Approximation Methods for Time-Dependent Problems
* Systems of Identical Particles
APPENDICES
* Fourier Series and the Fourier Transform
* The Dirac `` Function''
* The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian in Classical Mechanics