Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 502 g
Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 502 g
ISBN: 978-0-470-68676-8
Verlag: WILEY
This book consists of two parts:
Part 1 comprises the material suitable for a second course in quantum physics and covers:
* Electromagnetic Radiation and Matter
* Scattering
* Symmetries and Conservation Laws
* Relativistic Quantum Physics
* Special Topics
Part 2 presents elementary quantum field theory and discusses:
* Second Quantization of Spin 1/2 and Spin 1 Fields
* Covariant Perturbation Theory and Applications
* Quantum Electrodynamics
Each chapter concludes with problems to challenge the students' understanding of the material.
This text is intended for graduate and ambitious undergraduate students in physics, material sciences, and related disciplines.
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Preface.
PART 1 Relativistic Quantum Physics.
1 Electromagnetic Radiation and Matter.
1.1 Hamiltonian and Vector Potential.
1.2 Second Quantization.
1.3 Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory.
1.4 Spontaneous Emission.
1.5 Blackbody Radiation.
1.6 Selection Rules.
2 Scattering.
2.1 Scattering Amplitude and Cross Section.
2.2 Born Approximation.
2.3 Photo-Electric Effect.
2.4 Photon Scattering.
3 Symmetries and Conservation Laws.
3.1 Symmetries and Conservation Laws.
3.2 Continuous Symmetry Operators.
3.3 Discrete Symmetry Operators.
3.4 Degeneracy.
4 Relativistic Quantum Physics.
4.1 Klein-Gordon Equation.
4.2 Dirac Equation.
4.3 Solutions of the Dirac Equation, Anti-Particles.
4.4 Spin, Non-Relativistic Limit and Magnetic Moment.
4.5 The Hydrogen Atom Re-Revisited.
5 Special Topics.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Measurements in Quantum Physics.
5.3 Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox.
5.4 Schrödinger's Cat.
5.5 The Watched Pot.
5.6 Hidden Variables and Bell's Theorem.
PART 2 Introduction to Quantum Field Theory.
6 Second Quantization of Spin 1/2 and Spin 1 Fields.
6.1 Second Quantization of Spin 1/2 Fields.
6.2 Second Quantization of Spin 1 Fields.
7 Covariant Perturbation Theory and Applications.
7.1 Covariant Perturbation Theory.
7.2 W and Z Boson Decays.
7.3 Feynman Graphs.
7.4 Second Order Processes and Propagators.
8 Quantum Electrodynamics.
8.1 Electron-Positron Annihilation.
8.2 Electron-Muon Scattering.
Index.