Introductory text examines classical quantum bead on a track: state and representations; operator eigenvalues; harmonic oscillator and bound bead in a symmetric force field; bead in spherical shell. 1992 edition.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Readers' Orientation: Premise, and Design for the Study.
2. The Quantum Bead on a Track: Its State and Representations.
3. The Bead on a Track: Its Measurement Spectra Are Operator Eigenvalues.
4. The Harmonic Oscillator: Bound Bead in a Symmetric Force Field.
5. The Bead in a Spherical Shell: Two Dimensions with Angular Momentum.
6. Spin, Matrices and the Structure of Quantum Mechanics.
7. Time.
8. The Simplest Atom: Two Particles Bound Together.
9. Indistinguishable Particles: Identical Bosons, and Identical Fermions.
10. Stationary-State Perturbation Theory. So What?
Index.
