Quantum Mechanics

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Foundations of Quantum Theory....Pages 1-30
Foundations of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 31-59
Representation of Mechanical Quantities by Operators....Pages 60-85
Change of State with Time....Pages 86-94
Change of Mechanical Quantities with Time....Pages 95-101
The Relation between Quantum Mechanics, Classical Mechanics and Optics....Pages 102-114
Basic Theory of Representations....Pages 115-135
Theory of the Motion of Microparticles in a Field of Potential Forces....Pages 136-184
Motion of a Charged Microparticle in an Electromagnetic Field....Pages 185-192
Intrinsic Angular Momentum and Magnetic Moment of the Electron. Spin....Pages 193-220
Perturbation Theory....Pages 221-236
Simple Applications of Perturbation Theory....Pages 237-257
Collision Theory....Pages 258-283
Theory of Quantum Transitions....Pages 284-291
Emission, Absorption and Scattering of Light by Atomic Systems....Pages 292-327
The Passage of Microparticles Through Potential Barriers....Pages 328-348
The Many-Body Problem....Pages 349-369
Simple Applications of the Theory of Motion of Many Bodies....Pages 370-390
Systems of Identical Microparticles....Pages 391-406
Second Quantisation and Quantum Statistics....Pages 407-421
Multi-Electron Atoms....Pages 422-445
Formation of Molecules....Pages 446-464
Magnetic Phenomena....Pages 465-471
The Atomic Nucleus....Pages 472-487
Conclusion....Pages 488-501
Back Matter....Pages 503-535