Topics in quantum mechanics /
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| Author / Creator: | Williams, Floyd L. |
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| Imprint: | Boston : Birkhäuser, c2003. |
| Description: | xv, 396 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Progress in mathematical physics ; v. 27 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4850779 |
Table of Contents:
- I. Introductory Concepts in Quantum Theory
- 1. Quantum Mechanics: Some Remarks and Themes
- 2. Equations of Motion in Classical Mechanics
- 3. Quantization and the Schrodinger Equation
- 4. Hypergeometric Equations and Special Functions
- 5. Hydrogen-like Atoms
- 6. Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
- 7. Group Representations and Selection Rules
- 8. The Quantized Hamiltonian for a Charged Particle in an Electromagnetic Field
- 9. Spin Wave Functions
- 10. Introduction to Multi-Electron Atoms
- II. Some Selected Topics
- 11. Fresnel Integrals and Feynman Integrals
- 12. Path Integral for the Harmonic Oscillator
- 13. Euclidean Path Integrals
- 14. The Density Matrix and Partition Function in Quantum Statistical Mechanics
- 15. Zeta Regularization
- 16. Helmholtz Free Energy for Certain Negatively Curved Space-Times, and the Selberg Trace Formula
- 17. The Zeta Function of a Product of Laplace Operators and the Multiplicative Anomaly for X[subscript l][superscript d]
- 18. Schrodinger's Equation and Gauge Theory / Patrick Shanahan
- App. A. Some Further Electron Configurations
- App. B. Mendeleev Periodic Table
- App. C. Determinants for String World-Sheets That Are Tori: Another Example of Zeta Regularization
- App. D. Evaluation of the Integral [actual symbol not reproducible]
- App. E. Some Informal Comments on QFT.
