Author | Williams, Floyd. author |
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Title | Topics in Quantum Mechanics [electronic resource] / by Floyd Williams |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Birkhรคuser Boston : Imprint: Birkhรคuser, 2003 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0009-3 |
Descript | XV, 398 p. 1 illus. online resource |
I Introductory Concepts in Quantum Theory -- 0 Units of Measurement -- 1 Quantum Mechanics: Some Remarks and Themes -- 2 Equations of Motion in Classical Mechanics -- 3 Quantization and the Schrรถdinger Equation -- 4 Hypergeometric Equations and Special Functions -- 5 Hydrogen-like Atoms -- 6 Heisenbergโs Uncertainty Principle -- 7 Group Representations and Selection Rules -- 8 The Quantized Hamiltonian for a Charged Particle in an Electromagnetic Field -- 9 Spin Wave Functions -- 10 Introduction to Multi-Electron Atoms -- II Some Selected Topics -- 11 Fresnel Integrals and Feynman Integrals -- 12 Path Integral for the Harmonic Oscillator -- 13 Euclidean Path Integrals -- 14 The Density Matrix and Partition Function in Quantum Statistical Mechanics -- 15 Zeta Regularization -- 16 Helmholtz Free Energy for Certain Negatively Curved Space-Times, and the Selberg Trace Formula -- 17 The Zeta Function of a Product of Laplace Operators and the Multiplicative Anomaly for X?d -- 18 Schrรถdingerโs Equation and Gauge Theory -- About the Author -- General Appendices -- Appendix A: Some Further Electron Configurations -- Appendix B: Mendelรฉev Periodic Table -- Appendix C: Determinants for String World-Sheets That Are Tori: Another Example of Zeta Regularization -- Appendix E: Some Informal Comments on QFT -- References