The Principles of Quantum MechanicsThe first edition of this work appeared in 1930, and its originality won it immediate recognition as a classic of modern physical theory. The fourth edition has been bought out to meet a continued demand. Some improvements have been made, the main one being the complete rewriting of thechapter on quantum electrodymanics, to bring in electron-pair creation. This makes it suitable as an introduction to recent works on quantum field theories. |
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THE PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION | 1 |
The Polarization of Photons 3 Interference of Photons | 7 |
Superposition and Indeterminacy | 10 |
Mathematical Formulation of the Principle | 14 |
Bra and Ket Vectors | 18 |
DYNAMICAL VARIABLES AND OBSERVABLES | 23 |
Conjugate Relations | 26 |
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors | 29 |
The Perturbation considered as causing Transitions | 172 |
Application to Radiation | 175 |
Transitions caused by a Perturbation Independent of the Time | 178 |
The Anomalous Zeeman Effect | 181 |
COLLISION PROBLEMS | 185 |
The Scattering Coefficient | 188 |
Solution with the Momentum Representation | 193 |
Dispersive Scattering | 199 |
Observables | 34 |
Functions of Observables | 41 |
The General Physical Interpretation | 47 |
Commutability and Compatibility | 49 |
REPRESENTATIONS | 53 |
The d Function | 58 |
Properties of the Basic Vectors | 62 |
The Representation of Linear Operators | 67 |
Probability Amplitudes | 72 |
Theorems about Functions of Observables | 76 |
Developments in Notation | 79 |
THE QUANTUM CONDITIONS | 84 |
Schrödingers Representation | 89 |
The Momentum Representation | 94 |
Heisenbergs Principle of Uncertainty | 97 |
Displacement Operators | 99 |
Unitary Transformations | 103 |
THE EQUATIONS OF MOTION | 108 |
Heisenbergs Form for the Equ of Motion | 111 |
Stationary States | 116 |
The Free Particle | 118 |
The Motion of Wave Packets | 121 |
The Action Principle | 127 |
The Gibbs Ensemble | 130 |
ELEMENTARY APPLICATIONS | 136 |
Angular Momentum | 140 |
Properties of Angular Momentum | 144 |
The Spin of the Electron | 149 |
Motion in a Central Field of Force | 152 |
Energylevels of the Hydrogen Atom | 156 |
Selection Rules | 159 |
The Zeeman Effect for the Hydrogen Atom | 165 |
PERTURBATION THEORY | 167 |
The Change in the Energy levels caused by a Perturbation | 168 |
Resonance Scattering | 201 |
Emission and Absorption | 204 |
ST CMS CONTAINING SEVERAL SIMILAR PARTICLES | 207 |
Permutations as Dynamical Variables | 211 |
Permutations as Constants of the Motion | 213 |
Determination of the Energylevels | 216 |
Application to Electrons | 219 |
THEORY OF RADIATION | 225 |
The Connexion between Bosons and Oscillators | 227 |
Emission and Absorption of Bosons | 232 |
Application to Photons | 235 |
The Interaction Energy between Photons and an Atom | 239 |
Emission Absorption and Scattering of Radiation | 244 |
An Assembly of Fermions | 248 |
RELATIVISTIC THEORY OF THE ELECTRON | 253 |
The Wave Equation for the Electron | 254 |
Invariance under a Lorentz Transformation | 258 |
The Motion of a Free Electron | 261 |
Existence of the Spin | 263 |
Transition to Polar Variables | 267 |
The Finestructure of the Energylevels of Hydrogen | 269 |
Theory of the Positron | 273 |
QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS | 276 |
Relativistic Form of the Quantum Conditions | 280 |
The Dynamical Variables at one Time | 283 |
The Supplementary Conditions | 287 |
Electrons and Positrons by Themselves | 292 |
The Interaction | 298 |
The Physical Variables | 302 |
Interpretation | 306 |
Applications | 310 |
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Principles of Quantum Mechanics Comparative Pathobiology - Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education Número 27 de International series of monographs on physics Oxford science publications |
| Autor | Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac |
| Edición | reimpresa, revisada |
| Editor | Clarendon Press, 1981 |
| ISBN | 0198520115, 9780198520115 |
| N.º de páginas | 314 páginas |
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