Quantum Mechanics: Concepts and Applications, 3/e (Paperback)

QUANTUM MECHANICS

An innovative approach to quantum mechanics that seamlessly combines textbook and problem-solving book into one

Quantum Mechanics: Concepts and Applications provides an in-depth treatment of this fundamental theory, combining detailed formalism with straightforward practice. Thoroughly integrating close to seven hundred examples, solved problems, and exercises into a well-structured and comprehensive work, this textbook offers instructors a pedagogically sound teaching tool, students a clear, balanced and modern approach to the subject, and researchers a quick practical guide. The extensive list of fully solved examples and problems have been carefully designed to guide and enable users of the book to become proficient practitioners of quantum mechanics.

The text begins with a thorough description of the origins of quantum physics before discussing the mathematical tools required in the field and the postulates upon which it is founded. Quantum Mechanics: Concepts and Applications is broad in scope, covering such aspects as one-dimensional and three- dimensional potentials, angular momentum, rotations and addition of angular momenta, identical particles, time-independent and -dependent approximation methods, scattering theory, relativistic quantum mechanics, and classical field theory among others. Each of these diverse areas are enhanced with a rich collection of illustrative examples and fully-solved problems to ensure complete understanding of this complex topic.

Readers of the third edition of Quantum Mechanics: Concepts and Applications will also find:

• Two new chapters -- one dealing with relativistic quantum mechanics and the other with the Lagrangian derivations of the Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations -- and three new appendices to support them
• About 90 solved examples integrated throughout the text that are intended to illustrate individual concepts within a broader topic
• About 200 fully-solved, multi-step problems at the end of each chapter that integrate multiple concepts introduced throughout the chapter
• More than 400 unsolved exercises that may be used to practice the ideas presented

A Solutions Manual is available only to those instructors adopting the book, on request, offering detailed solutions to all exercises.

Quantum Mechanics: Concepts and Applications is a comprehensive textbook which is most useful to senior undergraduate and first-year graduate students seeking mastery of the field, as well as to researchers in need of a quick, practical reference for the various techniques necessary for optimal performance in the subject.

《量子力學》

《量子力學：概念與應用》是一本創新的量子力學教材，將教科書和問題解決書無縫結合在一起。

本書深入探討了這一基礎理論，將詳細的形式主義與直觀的實踐相結合。通過將近七百個例子、已解決的問題和練習題融入到結構良好且全面的作品中，本教材為教師提供了一個教學工具，為學生提供了一種清晰、平衡和現代的學習方法，並為研究人員提供了一個快速實用的指南。這些完全解決的例子和問題的廣泛列表經過精心設計，旨在引導和使讀者能夠成為熟練的量子力學實踐者。

本書首先詳細描述了量子物理學的起源，然後討論了該領域所需的數學工具和其基礎假設。《量子力學：概念與應用》的範圍廣泛，涵蓋了一維和三維勢能、角動量、旋轉和角動量的相加、相同粒子、時間獨立和時間相依的近似方法、散射理論、相對論性量子力學和經典場論等方面。這些多樣的領域都配有豐富的實例和完全解決的問題，以確保對這一複雜主題的完全理解。

《量子力學：概念與應用》第三版的讀者還將找到：

- 兩個新章節——一個涉及相對論性量子力學，另一個涉及Klein-Gordon和Dirac方程的拉格朗日推導——以及三個新的附錄來支持它們
- 約90個已解決的例子，分佈在整本書中，旨在說明更廣泛主題中的個別概念
- 每章末尾約200個完全解決的多步驟問題，整合了整章中介紹的多個概念
- 超過400個未解決的練習題，可用於練習所介紹的思想

只有採用本書的教師才能根據要求獲得《解答手冊》，該手冊提供了所有練習題的詳細解答。

《量子力學：概念與應用》是一本全面的教材，對於高年級本科生和研究生的初學者來說非常有用，同時也是研究人員在這一學科中實現最佳表現所需的各種技術的快速實用參考資料。

Nouredine Zettili, PhD, is Professor of Physics at Jacksonville State University, Alabama, USA. He received his MS and PhD in theoretical nuclear physics from MIT. His research interests include nuclear theory, the many-body problem, quantum mechanics, and mathematical physics.

Nouredine Zettili博士是美國亞拉巴馬州傑克遜維爾州立大學的物理學教授。他在麻省理工學院獲得了理論核物理的碩士和博士學位。他的研究興趣包括核理論、多體問題、量子力學和數學物理。