The odd quantum / Sam Treiman
- Bib ID:
- 2909511
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Treiman, Sam B
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- Description:
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- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1999
- viii, 262p. ; 24cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0691009260 (acid-free paper) (alkaline paper) (cased) (cl)
- 0691103003 (paperback)
- Summary:
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"This is a concise but comprehensive account of quantum mechanics written by a respected physicist for popular science readers. Sam Treiman makes quantum mechanics accessible to nonspecialists, combining mastery of the material with clear, elegant prose and infectious enthusiasm as he conveys the substance, methods, and profound oddities of the field."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Introduction. Overview. Beginnings
- 2. Classical Background. Newton's law. Gravity. Energy. Electromagnetism. Special Relativity
- 3. The "Old" Quantum Mechanics. Electromagnetic Waves. Blackbody Radiation. Early Spectroscopy. The Rutherford Atom. Bohr's Quantum Model. De Broglie's Matter Waves
- 4. Foundations. The Two-Slit Experiment. Schroedinger's Wave Equation. Probabilistic Interpretation. A Brief Survey of the Rules. Commuting Observables. The Uncertainty Principle. Momentum. The Operator Concept. Angular Momentum. Aspects of Energy
- 5. Some Quantum Classics. The Free Particle. Particle in a Box. The Harmonic Oscillator. Central Potentials Generally. The One-Electron Atom. The Infinite Solenoid. Decay Processes
- 6. Identical Particles. Symmetry, Antisymmetry Rules. The Pauli Principle. The Fermi Gas. Atoms. More on Identical Bosons
- 7. What's Going On?
- 8. The Building Blocks. Particles in Collision, Particles in Decay. Accelerators.
- Patterns and Regularities. Basic Ingredients. Summary
- 9. Quantum Fields. Free Fields, Free Particles. Interactions. Feynman Diagrams. Virtual Particles. The Standard Model in Diagrams. Again, What's Going On?
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Quantum theory
- Copyright:
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