Acknowledgements
Preface for the reader
1 Numerical values
Values of physical constants
Problems
Solutions
2 Fundamentals
Summary of thory
Problems
Solutions
3 Schrodinger equation
Summary of theory
Problems
Solutions
4 Orbital angular momentum,hydrogen atom,harmonic oscillator
Summary of theory
Problems
Solutions
5 Matrices,spin,addition of angular momentum
Summary of theory
Problems
Solutions
6 Approximation methods.Time-independent perturbation theory,variational method
Summary of theory
Problems
Solutions
7 Identical particles,multielectron atoms
Summary of theory
Problems
Solutions
8 Time,time-dependent perturbation theory,transitions
Summary of theory
Problems
Solutions
9 Scattering,reactions
Summary of theory
Problems
Solutions
10 Miscellaneous
Problems
Solutions
References
Index
The problems in this book are intended to cover the topics in an average second- and third-year undergraduate course in Quantum Mechanics. After a preliminary chapter on orders of magnitude, there are eight chapters on topics arranged in a fairly conventional order. The tenth and final chapter contains a selection of miscellaneous problems on the topics of the previous chapters. I have separated them from the others on the grounds of their being somewhat longer and perhaps more diffcult. But you should not be deterred from trying them on that account.