The picture book of quantum mechanics /
<p>The aim of this book is to explain the basic concepts and phenomena of quantum mechanics by means of visualization. Computer-generated illustrations in color are used extensively throughout the text, helping to establish the relation between quantum mechanics-wave functions, interference, a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2012.
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| Edition: | 4th ed. 2012. |
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| Summary: | <p>The aim of this book is to explain the basic concepts and phenomena of quantum mechanics by means of visualization. Computer-generated illustrations in color are used extensively throughout the text, helping to establish the relation between quantum mechanics-wave functions, interference, atomic structure, and so forth-and classical physics-point mechanics, statistical mechanics, and wave optics. Even more important, by studying the pictures in parallel with the text, readers develop an intuition for such notoriously abstract phenomena as<br>• the tunnel effect <br>• excitation and decay of metastable states <br>• wave-packet motion within a well <br>• systems of distinguishable and indistinguishable particles <br>• free wave packets and scattering in 3 dimensions <br>• angular-momentum decomposition <br>• stationary bound states in various 3-dimensional potentials <br>• hybrid states <br>• Kepler motion of wave packets in the Coulomb field <br>• spin and magnetic resonance <br><br>Illustrations from experiments in a variety of fields, including chemistry, and molecular, atomic, nuclear, and particle physics, underline the basic as well as the practical importance of quantum mechanics. <br><br>In the present, fourth edition all computer graphics are presented in full color. It also contains additional physics topics such as hybridization.</p><p><b>Praise for Previous Editions</b></p><p>"The book is highly recommended as a complement to any standard textbook in quantum mechanics, but it will also be valuable to all of us who studied quantum mechanics without the pictures." -<i> International Journal of Quantum Chemistry</i></p><p>"This book would be an excellent basis for the study of special topics in a quantum physics course. Most serious students of physics and all of their teachers will want to consider having this orderly and graphic outline of introductory quantum theory at their fingertips."<i> - American Journal of Physics</i></p><p>"Their aim is the presentation of the 'principal ideas of wave mechanics' in such a way that students can build a quantum intuition out of their graphics."<i> - Scientific American</i></p><p>"This is a unique book. It does not provide a complete course in quantum theory, but as a companion work of reference it should be quite useful to students in providing insights into the dynamical structure of the theory."<i> - Nature</i></p><p><p><p><i><p></i></p><p> |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XVI, 472 pages) 236 illustration in colour, digital. |
| ISBN: | 9781461439516 |