Advanced Quantum Mechanics: Materials and Photons (Paperback)

Dick, Rainer

商品描述

This textbook, now in an expanded third edition, emphasizes the importance of advanced quantum mechanics for materials science and all experimental techniques which employ photon absorption, emission, or scattering. Important aspects of introductory quantum mechanics are covered in the first seven chapters to make the subject self-contained and accessible for a wide audience. Advanced Quantum Mechanics: Materials and Photons can therefore be used for advanced undergraduate courses and introductory graduate courses which are targeted towards students with diverse academic backgrounds from the Natural Sciences or Engineering. To enhance this inclusive aspect of making the subject as accessible as possible, introductions to Lagrangian mechanics and the covariant formulation of electrodynamics are provided in appendices.

This third edition includes 60 new exercises, new and improved illustrations, and new material on interpretations of quantum mechanics. Other special features include an introduction to Lagrangian field theory and an integrated discussion of transition amplitudes with discrete or continuous initial or final states. Once students have acquired an understanding of basic quantum mechanics and classical field theory, canonical field quantization is easy. Furthermore, the integrated discussion of transition amplitudes naturally leads to the notions of transition probabilities, decay rates, absorption cross sections and scattering cross sections, which are important for all experimental techniques that use photon probes.

 

 

 

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本教科書是第三版,強調高階量子力學在材料科學和所有使用光子吸收、發射或散射的實驗技術中的重要性。前七章涵蓋了入門量子力學的重要概念,使得這個主題對廣大讀者來說是自成一體且易於理解的。因此,《高階量子力學:材料與光子》可用於高年級本科課程和針對自然科學或工程學背景的研究生入門課程。為了增強這種包容性,附錄中提供了對拉格朗日力學和協變電動力學的介紹。

這第三版新增了60個習題,改進了插圖,並增加了有關量子力學解釋的新內容。其他特點包括對拉格朗日場論的介紹,以及對具有離散或連續初始或終態的轉換振幅的綜合討論。一旦學生掌握了基本的量子力學和經典場論,規範場量子化就變得容易。此外,對轉換振幅的綜合討論自然地引導出轉換概率、衰變速率、吸收截面和散射截面的概念,這對於所有使用光子探針的實驗技術都很重要。

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