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This best-selling classic provides a graduate-level, non-historical, modern introduction of quantum mechanical concepts. The author, J. J. Sakurai, was a renowned theorist in particle theory. This revision by Jim Napolitano retains the original material and adds topics that extend the text`s usefulness into the 21st century. The introduction of new material, and modification of existing material, appears in a way that better prepares the student for the next course in quantum field theory. Students will still find such classic developments as neutron interferometer experiments, Feynman path integrals, correlation measurements, and Bell`s inequality. The style and treatment of topics is now more consistent across chapters.
The Second Edition has been updated for currency and consistency across all topics and has been checked for the right amount of mathematical rigor. Salient Features
• The chapter on scattering theory (Chapter 6 in this edition) is completely reorganized, with a new introduction based on time dependent perturbation theory.
• Explicit solutions to the Schrödinger Wave Equation have been added, including the linear potential, the simple harmonic oscillator using generating functions, and the derivation of spherical harmonics.
• A discussion of SO(4) symmetry and its application to solving the hydrogen atom and approximation techniques based on extreme time dependences have been added to early chapters.
• The chapter on identical particles (Chapter 7 in this edition) is now expanded to include the technique of second quantization and its application to electrons in solids and the quantized electromagnetic field.
• A new chapter on relativistic wave mechanics has been added (Chapter 8).
• Discussion, including literature references, of experimental demonstration of quantum mechanical phenomena is featured, including: the Stern-Gerlach experiment on cesium atoms, muon spin rotation and g-2, neutrino oscillations, "bouncing" ultracold neutrons, Berry`s phase with neutrons, elastic scattering of protons from nuclei, the effects of exchange symmetry in nuclear decay, and the Casimir effect, among others.
• Advanced mathematical techniques (for example generating functions and contour integrals) associated with quantum mechanical calculations appear throughout. ISBN - 9788177585483
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Pages : 524
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