
Quantum
The Quantum Theory of Particles, Fields and Cosmology
Edgard Elbaz(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 18. September 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVII, 602 pages
978-3-642-64327-9 (ISBN)
Description
I consider teaching to have been one of my greatest privileges in life. I have al ways attemped to make a matter, sometimes difficult, sometimes in constant evolution, simpler and easier to understand. There comes a time then, when one feels the necessity to write and publish a book. For this reason, I have already published (in french) several lecture books on Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Matrix Optics, Electroweak Interaction, General Rel ativity and Gravitation, Cosmology. Teaching quantum theory has been a particular delight as its constant evolution and enlargement, embraces all domains of physics. Even if the general layout remains relatively unchanged, the evolution of our understanding of the physical world imposes the in troduction of new approaches. It therefore seemed that a physics textbook, even one with a graduate readership in mind, had to introduce the Dirac Electron Theory and some rudimentary material on quantum field theory. This holds for also for explanations of the spontaneous symmetry breaking of Higgs scalar fields that gives mass to the bosons involved in short range interactions. We have deliberately cut down on material on some "classical" topics of quantum theory to make space for less known methods. Examples of the latter include the Feynman path integral "3rd quantization" and the interpretation of quantum mechanics in terms of phase focusing coherence.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XVII, 602 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
931 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-64327-9 (9783642643279)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-60266-5
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Book
11/1997
1st Edition
Springer
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Content
Introduction.- Particle and Waves.- Wave Mechanics.- One-Dimensional Systems.- Dirac Formalism.- Representations.- Quantum Dynamics (Q.D.).- Path Integrals.- Symmetries and Invariances.- Angular Momentum.- Addition Theorems.- Rotations.- Spherical Harmonics.- Irreducible Tensor Operators.- Perturbations.- Scattering of Particles.- Second Quantization.- Boson Fields.- Fermion Fields.- Quantum X-Dynamics.- Quantum Cosmology.