Topics In Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Barry Holstein(Author)
Perseus Books (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 20. October 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-201-41034-1 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boulder
United States
Publishing group
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
ISBN-13
978-0-201-41034-1 (9780201410341)
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Content
* Prologue Propagator Methods * Basic Quantum Mechanics * The Propagator * Harmonic Oscillator Propagator * Time Dependent Perturbation Theory * Propagator as the Greens Function * Functional Techniques Scattering Theory * Basic Formalism * The Optical Theorem * Path Integral Approach * Two-Body Scattering * Scattering of Identical Particles * Scattering Matrix * Partial Wave Expansion Charged Particle Interactions * Charged Particle Lagrangian * Review of Maxwell Equations and Guage Invariance * The Bohm-Abaronov Effect * The Maxwell Field Lagrangian * Quantization of the Radiation Field * The Vacuum Energy Charged Particle Interactions: Applications * Radiative Decay: Formal * Radiative Decay: Intuitive * Angular Distribution of Radiative Decay * Line Shape Problem: Wigner-Weisskopf Approach * Compton Scattering via Feynman Diagrams * Resonant Scattering * The Lamb Shift * Dispersion Relations * Effective Lagrangians * Complex Energy and Effective Lagrangians Alternate Approximate Methods * WKB Approximation * Semiclassical Propagator * The Adiabatic Approximation * Berrys Phase The Klein-Gordon Equation * Derivation and Covariance * Kleins Paradox and Zitterbewegung * The Coulomb Solution: Mesonic Atoms The Dirac Equation * Derivation and Covariance * Bilinear Forms * Nonrelativistic Reduction * Coulomb Solution * Plane Wave Solutions * Negative Energy Solutions and Antiparticles * Perturbation Theory: Introduction * Dirac Propagator * Covariant Perturbation Theory * Electromagnetic Interactions Advanced Topics * Radiative Corrections * Spineless Particles: Electromagnetic Interactions * Path Integrals and Quantum Field Theory * Pion Exchange and Strong Interactions * Epilogue