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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Messiah, Albert. Quantum mechanics. Amsterdam, North-Holland Pub. Co.; New York, Interscience Publishers, 1961-62 (OCoLC)594863721 Online version: Messiah, Albert. Quantum mechanics. Amsterdam, North-Holland Pub. Co.; New York, Interscience Publishers, 1961-62 (OCoLC)624460499 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Albert Messiah |
| OCLC Number: | 535119 |
| Notes: | Index included in each vol. |
| Description: | 2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | v.1., pt.I. The formalism and its interpretation. The origins of the quantum theory -- Matter waves and the Schrödinger equation -- One-dimensional quantized systems -- Statistical interpretation of the wave-corpuscle duality and the uncertainty relations -- Development of the formalism of wave mechanics and its interpretation -- Classical approximation and the WKB method -- General formalism of the quantum theory (A) Mathematical framework -- General formalism (B) Description of physical phenomena -- pt.II. Simple systems Solution of the Schrödinger equation by separation of variables. Central potential -- Scattering problems Central potential and phase-shift method -- The Coulomb interaction -- The harmonic oscillator. v.2., pt.III. Symmetries and invariance. Angular momentum in quantum mechanics -- Systems of identical particles. Pauli exclusion principle -- Invariance and conservation theorems. Time reversal -- pt.IV. Methods of approximation. Stationary perturbations -- Approximate solutions of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation -- The variational method and associated problems -- Collision theory -- pt.V. Elements of relativistic quantum mechanics. The Dirac equation -- Field quantization. Radiation theory. |
| Series Title: | Series in physics. |
| Other Titles: | Mécanique quantique. |
| Responsibility: | Albert Messiah ; translated from the French by G.M. Temmer. |
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