Angular momentum, spin, and approximation methods. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Mécanique quantique.
• Further Information: Note: Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Bernard Diu, Franck Laloë.
• Authors: Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude, 1933-; Diu, Bernard; Laloë, Franck, 1940-
• Contents: AN ELEMENTARY APPROACH TO THE QUANTUM THEORY OF SCATTERING BY A POTENTIAL; Introduction; Stationary Scattering States. Calculation of the Cross Section; Scattering by a Central Potential. Method of Partial Waves; Complements; ELECTRON SPIN; Introduction; Special Properties of Angular Moment 1/2; Non-Relativistic Description of a Spin 1/2 Particle; Complements; ADDITION OF ANGULAR MOMENTA; Introduction; Addition of Two Spin 1/2's. Elementary Method; Addition of Two Arbitrary Angular Momenta. General Methods; Complements; STATIONARY PERTURBATION THEORY; Description of the Method; Perturbation of a Non-Degenerate Level; Perturbation of a Degenerate Level; Complements; AN APPLICATION OF PERTURBATION THEORY: THE FINE AND HYPERFINE STRUCTURE OF THE HYDROGEN ATOM; Introduction; Additional Terms in the Hamiltonian; The Fine Structure of the N=2 Level; The Hyperfine Structure of the N=1 Level; The Zeeman Effect of the Hyperfine Structure of the 1s Ground State; Complements; APPROXIMATION METHODS FOR TIME-DEPENDENT PROBLEMS; Statement of the Problem; Approximate Solution of the Schrodinger Equation; An Important Special Case: Sinusoidal or Constant Perturbation; Complements; SYSTEMS OF IDENTICAL PARTICLES; Statement of the Problem; Permutation Operators; The Symmetrization Postulate; Discussion; Complements; APPENDICES; Fourier Series and the Fourier Transform; The Dirac "Function"; The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian in Classical Mechanics
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 530.12; Quantum theory
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783527822737
• Related ISBNs: 9783527822720
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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