Modern Quantum MechanicsModern Quantum Mechanics is a classic graduate level textbook, covering the main quantum mechanics concepts in a clear, organized and engaging manner. The author, Jun John Sakurai, was a renowned theorist in particle theory. The second edition, revised by Jim Napolitano, introduces topics that extend the text's usefulness into the twenty-first century, such as advanced mathematical techniques associated with quantum mechanical calculations, while at the same time retaining classic developments such as neutron interferometer experiments, Feynman path integrals, correlation measurements, and Bell's inequality. A solution manual for instructors using this textbook can be downloaded from www.cambridge.org/9781108422413. |
Contents
Fundamental Concepts | 1 |
Quantum Dynamics | 66 |
Theory of Angular Momentum | 157 |
Symmetry in Quantum Mechanics | 262 |
Approximation Methods | 303 |
Scattering Theory | 386 |
Identical Particles | 446 |
Relativistic Quantum Mechanics | 486 |
Electromagnetic Units | 519 |
Brief Summary of Elementary Solutions to Schrödingers Wave Equation | 523 |
Proof of the AngularMomentum Addition Rule Given by Equation 3838 | 533 |
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