John David Jackson: A Course in Quantum Mechanics [Jackson] 9781119880387

Jackson's posthumously published textbook, A Course on Quantum Mechanics, covers quantum mechanics at an advanced level, presenting fundamental principles and techniques including the Schrödinger and Heisenberg representations, angular momentum, perturbation theory, scattering, quantum theory of radiation, and relativistic quantum mechanics. Particular attention is devoted to the WKB and eikonal approximations, which can be applied to a broad range of physical circumstances. An especially thorough treatment is given to atomic physics. The principles of quantum mechanics are illustrated in applications to atomic, nuclear, particle, and condensed matter physics, demonstrating that quantum mechanics provides a quantitative understanding of matter and light.

The book is drawn directly from Jackson’s detailed lecture notes and problem sets. It is edited by colleague and former student Robert N. Cahn, who has taken care to preserve Jackson’s unique style. The textbook is notable for its original problems focused on real applications, with many addressing published data in accompanying tables and figures. Solutions are provided for problems whose content is critical for understanding the material and whose physical consequences are the most important.

Overall, the text is comprehensive and comprehensible. Particular care is taken to present in detailed the steps in each derivation or calculation. More than 120 figures are included to illustrate both underlying principles, experimental apparatus, and data.

頁數：416
版次：第1版
年份：2024年
規格：精裝/單色
ISBN：9781119880387

1 Basics
2 Reformulation
3 Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) Method
4 Rotations, Angular Momentum, and Central Force Motion
5 Time-Independent Perturbation Theory
6 Atomic Structure
7 Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory and Scattering
8 Semi-Classical and Quantum Electromagnetic Field
9 Emission and Absorption of Radiation 
10 Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
A Dimensions and Units
B Mathematical Tools
C Selected Solutions