ABSTRACT

This book presents an accessible treatment of non-relativistic and relativistic quantum mechanics. It  is an ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate physics students, and is also useful to researchers in theoretical physics, quantum mechanics, condensed matter, mathematical physics, quantum chemistry, and electronics.

This student-friendly and self-contained textbook covers the typical topics in a core undergraduate program, as well as more advanced, graduate-level topics with an elegant mathematical rigor, contemporary style, and rejuvenated approach. It balances theory and worked examples, which reinforces readers' understanding of fundamental concepts.

The analytical methods employed in this book describe physical situations with mathematical rigor and in-depth clarity, emphasizing the essential understanding of the subject matter without need for prior knowledge of classical mechanics, electromagnetic theory, atomic structure, or differential equations.

Key Features:


• Remains accessible but incorporates a rigorous, updated  mathematical treatment
• Laid out in a student-friendly structure
• Balances theory with its application through examples


Lukong Cornelius Fai is a professor of theoretical physics at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Dschang, Cameroon. He is Head of Condensed Matter and Nanomaterials as well as the Mesoscopic and Multilayer Structures Laboratory. He was formerly a senior associate at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy. He holds a Master of Science in Physics and Mathematics (1991) as well as a Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics (1997) from Moldova State University. He is the author of over 170 scientific publications and five textbooks.

 

 

 

section I|380 pages

Non-Relativistic Theory

chapter 2|28 pages

Schrödinger Equation

chapter 3|44 pages

Momentum Operator

chapter 4|34 pages

Total Angular Momentum

chapter 6|44 pages

Schrödinger Equation

chapter 7|28 pages

Representation Theory

chapter 9|16 pages

Many-Particle System

chapter 12|50 pages

Scattering Theory

chapter 13|26 pages

Polaron Theory

section II|84 pages

Relativistic Theory

chapter 38214|16 pages

Case of an Electron

chapter 15|10 pages

Klein-Gordon Equation

chapter 16|4 pages

Dirac Equation

chapter 20|18 pages

Dirac Equation

chapter 21|22 pages

Motion in a Magnetic Field

section III|66 pages

Appendix: Special Functions

chapter 46622|8 pages

Gamma Functions

chapter 24|18 pages

Cylindrical Functions

chapter 25|32 pages

Orthogonal Polynomials