Table of Contents

Quantum Phenomena.- The Wave Function and the Schrödinger Equation.- Physical Quantities and Measurements.- Quantization of Energy in Simple Systems.- Principles of Quantum Mechanics.- Two-State Systems, Principle of the Maser.- Commutation of Observables.- The Stern—Gerlach Experiment.- Approximation Methods.- Angular Momentum.- Initial Description of Atoms.- Spin 1/2 and Magnetic Resonance.- Addition of Angular Momenta, Fine and Hyperfine Structure of Atomic Spectra.- Entangled States, EPR Paradox and Bell’s Inequality.- The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Formalisms, Lorentz Force in Quantum Mechanics.- Identical Particles and the Pauli Principle.- The Evolution of Systems.- Scattering Processes.- Qualitative Physics on a Macroscopic Scale.- Early History of Quantum Mechanics.

Reviews

From the reviews of the first edition:"This textbook on quantum mechanics is the corrected second printing of the book, that first appeared in 2002. … Great attention is paid to give some intuition of the phenomena … . Connection to recent experiments and topics, objects of new research developments, as well as to the historical aspects, is made whenever possible. Also each chapter ends with a nice bibliography … together with very interesting exercises … . " (Bassano Vacchini, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1087, 2006)