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These lecture notes comprise a three-semester graduate course in
quantum mechanics at the University of Illinois. There are a number
of texts which present the basic topics very well; but since a fair
quantity of the material discussed in my course was not available
to the students in elementary quantum mechanics books, I was asked
to prepare written notes. In retrospect these lecture notes seemed
sufficiently interesting to warrant their publication in this
format. The notes, presented here in slightly revised form,
consitutute a self-contained course in quantum mechanics from first
principles to elementary and relativistic one-particle mechanics.
Prerequisite to reading these notes is some familiarity with
elementary quantum mechanics, at least at the undergraduate level.
Preferably the reader should already have met the uncertainty
principle and the concept of a wave function. Prerequisites also
include sufficient acquaintance with complex cariables to be able
to do simple contour integrals and to understand words such as
"poles" and "branch cuts." An elementary knowledge of Fourier
transforms and series is necessary. I also assume an awareness of
classical electrodynamics.
These lecture notes comprise a three-semester graduate course in
quantum mechanics at the University of Illinois. There are a number
of texts which present the basic topics very well; but since a fair
quantity of the material discussed in my course was not available
to the students in elementary quantum mechanics books, I was asked
to prepare written notes. In retrospect these lecture notes seemed
sufficiently interesting to warrant their publication in this
format. The notes, presented here in slightly revised form,
consitutute a self-contained course in quantum mechanics from first
principles to elementary and relativistic one-particle mechanics.
Prerequisite to reading these notes is some familiarity with
elementary quantum mechanics, at least at the undergraduate level.
Preferably the reader should already have met the uncertainty
principle and the concept of a wave function. Prerequisites also
include sufficient acquaintance with complex cariables to be able
to do simple contour integrals and to understand words such as
"poles" and "branch cuts." An elementary knowledge of Fourier
transforms and series is necessary. I also assume an awareness of
classical electrodynamics.
This 1993 volume is a lucid and accurate history of the technical
research that led to the first atomic bombs. The authors explore
how the 'critical assembly' of scientists, engineers and military
personnel at Los Alamos, responding to wartime deadlines,
collaborated to create a new approach to large-scale research. The
book opens with an introduction laying out major themes. After a
synopsis of the prehistory of the bomb project, from the discovery
of nuclear fission to the start of the Manhattan Engineer District,
and an overview of the early materials programme, the book examines
the establishment of the Los Alamos Laboratory, the implosion and
gun assembly programmes, nuclear physics research, chemistry and
metallurgy, explosives, uranium and plutonium development,
confirmation of spontaneous fission in pile-produced plutonium, the
thermonuclear bomb, critical assemblies, the Trinity test, and
delivery of the combat weapons. Readers interested in history of
science will find this volume a crucial resource for understanding
the underpinnings of contemporary science and technology.
This 1993 volume is a lucid and accurate history of the technical
research that led to the first atomic bombs. The authors explore
how the 'critical assembly' of scientists, engineers and military
personnel at Los Alamos, responding to wartime deadlines,
collaborated to create a new approach to large-scale research. The
book opens with an introduction laying out major themes. After a
synopsis of the prehistory of the bomb project, from the discovery
of nuclear fission to the start of the Manhattan Engineer District,
and an overview of the early materials programme, the book examines
the establishment of the Los Alamos Laboratory, the implosion and
gun assembly programmes, nuclear physics research, chemistry and
metallurgy, explosives, uranium and plutonium development,
confirmation of spontaneous fission in pile-produced plutonium, the
thermonuclear bomb, critical assemblies, the Trinity test, and
delivery of the combat weapons. Readers interested in history of
science will find this volume a crucial resource for understanding
the underpinnings of contemporary science and technology.
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