John David Jackson

A Course in Quantum Mechanics Unique graduate-level textbook on quantum mechanics by John David Jackson, author of the renowned Classical Electrodynamics A Course in Quantum Mechanics is drawn directly from J. D. Jackson’s detailed lecture notes and problem sets. It is edited by his 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 that are critical for understanding the material and that lead to the most important physical consequences. Overall, the text is comprehensive and comprehensible; derivations and calculations come with clearly explained steps. More than 120 figures illustrate underlying principles, experimental apparatus, and data. In A Course in Quantum Mechanics readers will find detailed treatments of: Wave mechanics of de Broglie and Schrödinger, the Klein-Gordon equation and its non-relativistic approximation, free particle probability current, expectation values. Schrödinger equation in momentum space, spread in time of a free-particle wave packet, density matrix, Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problem. WKB formula for bound states, example of WKB with a power law potential, normalization of WKB bound state wave functions, barrier penetration with WKB. Rotations and angular momentum, representations, Wigner d-functions, addition of angular momenta, the Wigner-Eckart theorem. Time-independent perturbation theory, Stark, Zeeman, Paschen-Back effects, time-dependent perturbation theory, Fermi’s Golden Rule. Atomic structure, helium, multiplet structure, Russell-Saunders coupling, spin-orbit interaction, Thomas-Fermi model, Hartree-Fock approximation. Scattering amplitude, Born approximation, allowing internal structure, inelastic scattering, optical theorem, validity criterion for the 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, coherent states. Emission and absorption of radiation, dipole transitions, selection rules, Weisskopf-Wigner treatment of line breadth and level shift, Lamb shift. Relativistic quantum mechanics, Klein-Gordon equation, Dirac equation, two-component reduction, hole theory, Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation, Lorentz covariance, discrete symmetries, non-relativistic and relativistic Compton scattering.

A Course in Quantum Mechanics

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Walter K. Boyd

Of all the metals studied, Ti exhibits the greatest sensitivity to impact when immersed in LOX. In fact, its sensitivity approaches that of many organic materials such as greases and oils. Reactivity is observed in liquid oxygen and mixtures of liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen at 20 ft lb until the LOX concentration is reduced to 30%. Titanium can be partially protected from reactivity in LOX under impact by certain protective coatings, provided the coatings are not broken. Protection is given by electroless copper and nickel, possibly aluminum, and to a lesser extent by Teflon and a fluoride-phosphate coating. Protection is also obtained by nitriding which adds a protective film to the surface, and by annealing which increases the thickness of the oxide film. Titanium exhibits no great reactivity in LOX when deformed by compression, by exposure of a fresh surface by machining or rupture, or by exposure of bulk titanium to high-pressure or high velocity LOX. In gaseous oxygen, titanium is highly reactive when a freshly formed surface is exposed at even moderate pressure.

Reactivity of Metals with Liquid and Gaseous Oxygen

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.

Classical Electrodynamics

Advanced undergraduates and graduate students studying quantum mechanics will find this text a valuable guide to mathematical methods. Emphasizing the unity of a variety of different techniques, it is enduringly relevant to many physical systems outside the domain of quantum theory. Concise in its presentation, this text covers eigenvalue problems in classical physics, orthogonal functions and expansions, the Sturm-Liouville theory and linear operators on functions, and linear vector spaces. Appendixes offer useful information on Bessel functions and Legendre functions and spherical harmonics. This introductory text's teachings offer a solid foundation to students beginning a serious study of quantum mechanics.

An Introductory Survey of Operators, Eigenvalues, and Linear Vector Spaces

Mathematics for Quantum Mechanics

Market_Desc: · Physicists· High Tech Engineers· Plasma Physicists· Accelerator Physicists· Astrophysicists Special Features: · Extensive treatment of synchrotron light, undulators, and wigglers· Contains principles of numerical techniques for electrostatics and magnostatics so readers understand the methods behind PC analysis About The Book: This book covers information relating to physics and classical mathematics that is necessary to understand electromagnetic fields in materials and at surfaces and interfaces. It also addresses the changes in emphasis and applications that have occurred in the past twenty years.

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