Quantum Mechanics (Physics)

This edition is a reprint in one volume of the English translation of canique Quantique/>, published in two volumes in the US by Wiley in 1958. The books resulted from courses given at the Center of Nuclear Studies at Saclay during the 1950s, and they are esteemed for the clarity and coherence of their presentation. Volume I (which was translated from the French by G.H. Temmer) contains chapters addressing various aspects of formalism and its interpretation, and simple systems. Volume II (translated by J. Potter) addresses symmetries and invariance. The combined index for both volumes is at the end of this edition.
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  Contents of Volume I

Part 1. The formalism and its Interpretation

  Chapter 1. The origins of the quantum theory

    1. The end of the classical period

    2. Light quanta or photons

    3. Quantization of material systems

    4. Correspondence principle and the old quantum theory

  Chapter 2. Matter Waves and the Schrödinger Equation

    1. Matter waves

    2. The Schrödinger Equation

    3. The time-independent Schrödinger equation

  Chapter 3. One-Dimensional Quantized Systems

    1. Square potentials

    2. General properties of the one-dimensional Schrödinger equation

  Chapter 4. Statistical Interpretation of the wave-corpuscle duality and the uncertainty relations

    1. Statistical interpretation of the wave functions of wave mechanics

    2. Heisenberg's uncertainty relations

    3. Uncertainty relations and the measurement process

    4. Description of phenomena in quantum theory. Complementarity and causality

  Chapter 5. Development of the formalism of wave mechanics and its interpretation

    1. Hermitean operators and physical quantities

    2. Study of the discrete spectrum

    3. Statistics of measurement in the general case

    4. Determination of the wave function

    5. Commutator algebra and its applications

  Chapter 6. Classical Approximation and the WKB Method

    1. The classical limit of wave mechanics

    2. The WKB method

  Chapter 7. General Formalism of the quantum theory: (A) Mathematical framework

    1. Vectors and operators

    2. Hermitean operators, projectors, and observables

    3. Representation theory

  Chapter 8. General Formalism: (B) Description of physical phenomena

    1. Dynamical states and physical quantities

    2. The equations of motion

    3. Various representations of the theory

    4. Quantum statistics

Part 2. Simple Systems

  Chapter 9. Solution of the Schrödinger Equation by Separation of variables. Central potential

    1. Particle in a central potential. General treatment

    2. Central square-well potential. Free particle

    3. Two-body problems. Separation of the center-of-mass motion

  Chapter 10. Scattering problems. Central potential and phase-shift method

    1. Cross sections and scattering amplitudes

    2. Scattering by a central potential. Phase shifts

    3. Potential of finite range

    4. Scattering resonances

    5. Various formulae and properties

  Chapter 11. The Coulomb interaction

    1. The hydrogen atom

    2. Coulomb scattering

  Chapter 12. The harmonic oscillator

    1. Eigenstates and eigenvectors of the Hamiltonian

    2. Applications and various properties

    3. Isotropic harmonic oscillators in several dimensions

Appendix A. Distributions, sigma-"function" and Fourier transformation

Appendix B. Special functions and associated formulae

  Contents of Volume II

Part 3. Symmetries and Invariance

  Chapter 13. Angular momentum in quantum mechanics

    1. Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of angular momentum

    2. Orbital angular momentum and the spherical harmonics

    3. Angular momentum and rotations

    4. Spin

    5. Addition of angular momenta

    6. Irreducible tensor operators

  Chapter 14. Systems of identical particles. Pauli exclusion principle

    1. Symmetrization postulate

    2. Applications

  Chapter 15. Invariance and conservation theorems. Time reversal

    1. Mathematical complements. Antilinear operators

    2. Transformations and groups of transformations

    3. Invariance of the equations of motion and conservation laws

    4. Time reversal and the principle of microreversibility

Part 4. Methods of Approximation

  Chapter 16. Stationary Perturbations

    1. Perturbation of a non-degenerate level

    2. Perturbation of a degenerate level

    3. Explicit forms for the perturbation expansion in all orders

  Chapter 17. Approximate solutions of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation

    1. Time dependent perturbation theory

    2. Sudden or adiabatic change of the hamiltonian

  Chapter 18. The variational method and associated problems

    1. Variational method for bound states

    2. The Hartree and Fock-Dirac atoms

    3. The structure of molecules

  Chapter 19. Collision theory

    1. Free wave Green's function and the Born approximation

    2. Generalization to distorted waves

    3. Complex collisions and the Born approximation

    4. Variational calculations of transition amplitudes

    5. General properties of the transition matrix

Part 5. Elements of Relativistic quantum mechanics

  Chapter 20. The Dirac equation

    1. General Introduction

    2. The Dirac and Klein-Gordon equations

    3. Invariance properties of the Dirac equation

    4. Interpretation of the operators and simple solutions

    5. Non-relativistic limit of the Dirac equation

    6. Negative energy solutions and positron theory

  Chapter 21. Field quantization. Radiation theory

    1. Quantization of a real scalar field

    2. Coupling with an atomic system

    3. Classical theory of electromagnetic radiation

    4. Quantum theory of radiation

Appendix C. Vector addition coefficients and rotation matrices

Appendix D. Elements of group theory

  General Index