Heisenberg's Quantum Mechanics

Mohsen Razavy

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This book provides a detailed account of quantum theory with a much greater emphasis on the Heisenberg equations of motion and the matrix method. No other texts have come close to discuss quantum theory in terms of depth of coverage. The book features a deeper treatment of the fundamental concepts such as the rules of constructing quantum mechanical operators and the classical-quantal correspondence; the exact and approximate methods based on the Heisenberg equations; the determinantal approach to the scattering theory and the LSZ reduction formalism where the latter method is used to obtain the transition matrix. The uncertainty relations for a number of different observables are derived and discussed. A comprehensive chapter on the quantization of systems with nonlocalized interaction is included. Exact solvable models, and approximate techniques for solution of realistic many-body problems are also considered. The book takes a unified look in the final chapter, examining the question of measurement in quantum theory, with an introduction to the Bell's inequalities.

Book Details

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publish Date: Jul 31st, 2011
Pages: 680
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 9.80in - 6.70in - 1.60in - 2.77lb
EAN: 9789814304108
Categories: • Physics - Quantum Theory• Mechanics - General

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One of the most interesting aspects of the book is the way in which the subjects are presented having in mind a couple of prevailing guiding questions: why and where is this formulation of quantum mechanics more useful than others? And how can the formalism be applied in specific circumstances? I particularly enjoyed the chapters on scattering and diffraction, where concepts from the wave picture are used but then applied in a determinantal framework. In general, Heisenberg's Quantum Mechanics is a great complement to other books in the sense that it expands on areas that are usually discussed using different tools. -- Contemporary Physics "Contemporary Physics"