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The third edition of the defining text for the graduate-level
course in Electricity and Magnetism has finally arrived! It has
been 37 years since the first edition and 24 since the second. The
new edition addresses the changes in emphasis and applications that
have occurred in the field, without any significant increase in
length.
Unique graduate level textbook on quantum mechanics by the John
David Jackson, author of the bestselling Classical Electrodynamics
Jackson's posthumously published textbook, A Course on Quantum
Mechanics, covers quantum mechanics at an advanced level,
presenting fundamental principles and techniques including the
Schrödinger and Heisenberg representations, angular momentum,
perturbation theory, scattering, quantum theory of radiation, and
relativistic quantum mechanics. Particular attention is devoted to
the WKB and eikonal approximations, which can be applied to a broad
range of physical circumstances. An especially thorough treatment
is given to atomic physics. The principles of quantum mechanics are
illustrated in applications to atomic, nuclear, particle, and
condensed matter physics, demonstrating that quantum mechanics
provides a quantitative understanding of matter and light. The book
is drawn directly from Jackson’s detailed lecture notes and
problem sets. It is edited by colleague and former student Robert
N. Cahn, who has taken care to preserve Jackson’s unique style.
The textbook is notable for its original problems focused on real
applications, with many addressing published data in accompanying
tables and figures. Solutions are provided for problems whose
content is critical for understanding the material and whose
physical consequences are the most important. Overall, the text is
comprehensive and comprehensible. Particular care is taken to
present in detailed the steps in each derivation or calculation.
More than 120 figures are included to illustrate both underlying
principles, experimental apparatus, and data. In A Course on
Quantum Mechanics, readers can expect to find detailed information
on: Wave mechanics of De Broglie and Schrödinger, the Klein-Gordon
equation, non-relativistic approximation, free particle probability
current, and expectation values Schrödinger Equation in momentum
space, spread in time of a free-particle wave packet, density
matrix, and Sturm-Liouville Eigenvalue problem WKB formula for
bound states, example of WKB with a power law potential,
normalization of WKB bound state wave functions, and barrier
penetration with WKB. Rotations and angular momentum,
representations, Wigner d-functions, addition of angular momenta,
and the Wigner-Eckart theorem. Time-independent perturbation
theory, Stark, Zeeman, Paschen-Back effects, time-dependent
perturbation theory, and Fermi’s Golden Rule. Atomic structure,
helium, multiplet structure, Russell-Saunders coupling, spin-orbit
interaction, Thomas-Fermi model, and the Hartree-Fock
approximation. Scattering amplitude, Born approximation, allowing
internal structure, inelastic scattering, optical theorem, and
validity criterion for the first Born approximation, partial wave
analysis, eikonal approximation, resonance. Semi-classical and
quantum electromagnetism, Aharonov-Bohm effect, Lagrangian and
Hamiltonian formulations, gauge invariance, quantization of the
electromagnetic field, and coherent states. Emission and absorption
of radiation, dipole transitions, selection rules, Weisskopf-Wigner
treatment of line breadth and level shift, and the Lamb shift.
Relativistic quantum mechanics, Klein-Gordon equation, Dirac
equation, two-component reduction, hole theory, Foldy-Wouthuysen
transformation, Lorentz covariance, discrete symmetries, and
non-relativistic and relativistic Compton scattering. The textbook
follows the unique—demanding!— style of Jackson's Classical
Electrodynamics, A Course on Quantum Mechanics is an advanced level
textbook, highly suitable for ambitious graduate students and their
instructors, and containing novel problems with detailed solutions
to aid in gaining a solid understanding of the subject.
This is an introductory account of the physics of elementary
particles and their interactions, with a minimum of formal
apparatus and an ease of reading which, at present, is found in few
other books in physics. It is designed for graduate students and
for physicists not specializing in the field. The various phenomena
are interpreted and correlated largely by means of elementary
theoretical arguments needing little background beyond a first
course in quantum mechanics. Numerous references to the original
literature will allow the reader to probe more deeply into the
topics discussed. Selected topics include scattering,
photoproduction, K-mesons and hyperons, theoretical models, weak
decay processes, and analysis of recent experiments on
nonconservation of parity. Originally published in 1958. The
Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology
to again make available previously out-of-print books from the
distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These
editions preserve the original texts of these important books while
presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The
goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access
to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books
published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
This concise text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students
covers eigenvalue problems in classical physics, orthogonal
functions and expansions, the Sturm-Liouville theory and linear
operators on functions, and linear vector spaces. It emphasizes the
unity of a variety of techniques and is enduringly relevant to many
physical systems. 1962 edition.
This is an introductory account of the physics of elementary
particles and their interactions, with a minimum of formal
apparatus and an ease of reading which, at present, is found in few
other books in physics. It is designed for graduate students and
for physicists not specializing in the field. The various phenomena
are interpreted and correlated largely by means of elementary
theoretical arguments needing little background beyond a first
course in quantum mechanics. Numerous references to the original
literature will allow the reader to probe more deeply into the
topics discussed. Selected topics include scattering,
photoproduction, K-mesons and hyperons, theoretical models, weak
decay processes, and analysis of recent experiments on
nonconservation of parity. Originally published in 1958. The
Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology
to again make available previously out-of-print books from the
distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These
editions preserve the original texts of these important books while
presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The
goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access
to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books
published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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