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Table of Contents
PREFACE
AUTHOR
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Two State Systems: The Ammonia Molecule
Chapter 3 Quantum Mechanics of Single Particle in One-Dimensional Space I
Chapter 4 Quantum Mechanics of a Single Particle in One-Dimensional Space II
Chapter 5 The Harmonic Oscillator
Chapter 6 Review of Linear Algebra and Dirac Notation
Chapter 7 Rotation Invariance and the Hydrogen Atom
Chapter 8 Scattering Electrons on a Nucleus
Chapter 9 Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field
Chapter 10 The Meaning of Quantum Measurement and the Emergence of a Classical Reality
Chapter 11 Sketch of Atomic, Molecular, and Condensed Matter Physics
Chapter 12 Quantum Statistical Mechanics
Chapter 13 Perturbation Theory: Time Independent
Chapter 14 Perturbation Theory: Time Dependent
Chapter 15 The Adiabatic Approximation, Aharonov–Bohm, and Berry Phases
Chapter 16 Scattering Theory
Chapter 17 The JWKB Approximation
Chapter 18 The Variational Principle
Chapter 19 The Feynman Path Integral
Chapter 20 Quantum Computation?
Chapter 21 L’Envoi: Relativistic Quantum Field Theory
Appendix A Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
Appendix B The Dirac Delta Function
Appendix C Noether’s Theorem
Appendix D Group Theory
Appendix E Laguerre Polynomials
Appendix F Summary of Dirac Notation and Linear Algebra
Appendix G Answers to Selected Problems
Bibliography
Index
