Quantum Mechanics Book

	Preface to Third Edition
	Preface to Second Edition
	Preface to First Edition
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
1.1	The Photoelectric Effect	2
1.2	The Compton Effect	3
1.3	Line Spectra and Atomic Structure	5
1.4	De Broglie Waves	7
1.5	Wave-Particle Duality	10
1.6	The Rest of this Book	13
Ch. 2	The One-Dimensional Schrodinger Equations	15
2.1	The Time-Dependent Schrodinger Equation	16
2.2	The Time-Independent Schrodinger Equation	19
2.3	Boundary Conditions	21
2.4	Examples	22
2.5	Quantum Mechanical Tunnelling	29
2.6	The Harmonic Oscillator	33
Ch. 3	The Three-Dimensional Schrodinger Equations	39
3.1	The Wave Equations	39
3.2	Separation in Cartesian Coordinates	41
3.3	Separation in Spherical Polar Coordinates	45
3.4	The Hydrogenic Atom	53
Ch. 4	The Basic Postulates of Quantum Mechanics	61
4.1	The Wave Function	62
4.2	The Dynamical Variables	63
4.3	The Properties of Hermitian Operators	68
4.4	Probability Distributions	70
4.5	Commutation Relations	73
4.6	The Time Dependence of the Wave Function	80
4.7	The Measurement of Momentum by Compton Scattering	82
4.8	Degeneracy	86
Ch. 5	Angular Momentum I	91
5.1	The Angular-Momentum Operators	92
5.2	The Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions	94
5.3	The Experimental Measurement of Angular Momentum	97
5.4	A General Solution to the Eigenvalue Problem	100
Ch. 6	Angular Momentum II	106
6.1	Matrix Representations	106
6.2	Pauli Spin Matrices	110
6.3	Spin and the Quantum Theory of Measurement	112
6.4	The Addition of Angular Momenta	115
6.5	Spin-Orbit Coupling	119
6.6	The Zeeman Effect	123
Ch. 7	Time-Independent Perturbation Theory and the Variational Principle	129
7.1	Perturbation Theory for Non-Degenerate Energy Levels	130
7.2	Perturbation Theory for Degenerate Levels	136
7.3	The Variational Principle	145
Ch. 8	Time Dependence	152
8.1	Time-Independent Hamiltonians	153
8.2	The Sudden Approximation	159
8.3	Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory	160
8.4	Selection Rules	165
8.5	The Ehrenfest Theorem	169
8.6	The Ammonia Maser	171
Ch. 9	Scattering	176
9.1	Scattering in One Dimension	177
9.2	Scattering in Three Dimensions	182
9.3	The Born Approximation	184
9.4	Partial Wave Analysis	189
Ch. 10	Many-Particle Systems	201
10.1	General Considerations	201
10.2	Isolated Systems	203
10.3	Non-Interacting Particles	204
10.4	Indistinguishable Particles	205
10.5	The Helium Atom	208
10.6	Systems with More than Two Indistinguishable Particles	215
10.7	Scattering of Identical Particles	218
Ch. 11	The Conceptual Problems of Quantum Mechanics	222
11.1	The Conceptual Problems	223
11.2	Hidden-Variable Theories	224
11.3	Non-Locality	228
11.4	Theories of Measurement	238
11.5	The Problem of Reality	249
	Bibliography	251
	Hints to Solution of Problems	254
	Index	261