January 2013
Beginner to intermediate
336 pages
6h 6m
English
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Index
Numerics
3D free particles, 172–177, 195–197
3D harmonic oscillators, 184–187
3D Schrödinger equation, 169–172
• A •
adjoint, Hermitian
amplitude, scattering
relating differential cross section and, 285–286
spinless particles, tracking, 283–284
angular momentum. See also spin
finding commutators of Lx, Ly, and Lz operators, 130–131
interpreting with matrix representation, 139–146
momentum operators, 129
position operators, 129
spherical coordinate system, 146–155
annihilation operator, 94
anti-Hermitian operators, 37–38
antisymmetric wave functions
identical particles, 244
atoms, quantized nature of, 301. See also hydrogen atom
• B •
black-body radiation
Planck's quantization rule, 12–13
Rayleigh-Jeans Law, 12
Wien's Formula, 12
Bohr, Niels, 217
bound states, particle, 60
box potentials. See also rectangular coordinates
determining energy levels, 180–181
bra-ket (Dirac) notation
abbreviating state vectors as kets, 27–28
bras and kets as basis-less state vectors, 30
multiplying bras and kets, 29
overview, 26
writing Hermitian conjugates as bras, 28–29
bras
as basis-less state vectors, 30
multiplying, 29
writing Hermitian conjugates as, 28–29
built-in angular momentum (spin) ...
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