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• catalog abstract "This text develops quantum theory from its basic assumptions, beginning with statics, followed by dynamics and details of applications and the needed computational techniques. The discussion is based on the view that the fundamental entities of the universe are not particles but fields, with the observed particles arising as their quanta. Quantum fields are thus introduced from the beginning, with a discussion of how they produce quanta that manifest themselves as particles. Most of the book, of course, deals with particle systems, as that is where most of the applications lie; the treatment of quantum field theory is confined to fundamental ideas and their consequences. For developing quantum dynamics, the author uses the Lagrangian technique with the principle of stationary action. The roots of this approach, which includes generating the canonical commutation rules, go back to a course taught by Julian Schwinger, filtered through many years of the authors own teaching. The text emphasizes that the wave function does not exist in physical three-dimensional space, but in configuration space, and it points out that the probabilistic features of the theory arise not from a lack of determinism but from the definition of the "state" of a system, so that many, though not all, of the counterintuitive aspects of quantum mechanics arise from its probabilistic nature and are shared by other probabilistic theories such as classical statistical mechanics.".
• catalog contributor b12627389.
• catalog created "c2002.".
• catalog date "2002".
• catalog date "c2002.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-401) and index.".
• catalog description "Quantum Basics: Statics -- Quantum Basics: Dynamics -- The Schroedinger Equation in One Dimension -- One and Two-particle Systems in Three Dimensions -- Symmetries -- Stationary Approximation Methods -- Static Magnetic Fields -- Time-Dependent Hamiltonians -- Multiparticle Systems -- Relativistic Electron Theory Mathematical Appendix -- A. The Dirac Delta Function -- B. Hilbert Space -- C. Linear Integral Equations -- D. Special Functions -- E. Group Representations.".
• catalog description "This text develops quantum theory from its basic assumptions, beginning with statics, followed by dynamics and details of applications and the needed computational techniques. The discussion is based on the view that the fundamental entities of the universe are not particles but fields, with the observed particles arising as their quanta. Quantum fields are thus introduced from the beginning, with a discussion of how they produce quanta that manifest themselves as particles. Most of the book, of course, deals with particle systems, as that is where most of the applications lie; the treatment of quantum field theory is confined to fundamental ideas and their consequences. For developing quantum dynamics, the author uses the Lagrangian technique with the principle of stationary action. The roots of this approach, which includes generating the canonical commutation rules, go back to a course taught by Julian Schwinger, filtered through many years of the authors own teaching. The text emphasizes that the wave function does not exist in physical three-dimensional space, but in configuration space, and it points out that the probabilistic features of the theory arise not from a lack of determinism but from the definition of the "state" of a system, so that many, though not all, of the counterintuitive aspects of quantum mechanics arise from its probabilistic nature and are shared by other probabilistic theories such as classical statistical mechanics.".
• catalog extent "xiii, 411 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0387954732 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isPartOf "Graduate texts in contemporary physics".
• catalog issued "2002".
• catalog issued "c2002.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Springer,".
• catalog subject "530.12 21".
• catalog subject "Physics.".
• catalog subject "QC174.12 .N49 2002".
• catalog subject "Quantum theory.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Quantum Basics: Statics -- Quantum Basics: Dynamics -- The Schroedinger Equation in One Dimension -- One and Two-particle Systems in Three Dimensions -- Symmetries -- Stationary Approximation Methods -- Static Magnetic Fields -- Time-Dependent Hamiltonians -- Multiparticle Systems -- Relativistic Electron Theory Mathematical Appendix -- A. The Dirac Delta Function -- B. Hilbert Space -- C. Linear Integral Equations -- D. Special Functions -- E. Group Representations.".
• catalog title "Quantum physics : a text for graduate students / Roger G. Newton.".
• catalog type "text".