An Introduction to Advanced Quantum Physics

An Introduction to Advanced Quantum Physics presents important concepts from classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, statistical physics, and quantum physics brought together to discuss the interaction of radiation and matter, selection rules, symmetries and conservation laws, scattering, relativistic quantum mechanics, apparent paradoxes, elementary quantum field theory, electromagnetic and weak interactions, and much more.
This book consists of two parts:
Part 1 comprises the material suitable for a second course in Quantum Physics and coversElectromagnetic Radiation and MatterScatteringSymmetries and Conservation LawsRelativistic Quantum PhysicsSpecial Topics
Part 2 presents elementary Quantum Field Theory and discusses:Second Quantization of Spin 1/2 and Spin 1 FieldsCovariant Perturbation Theory and ApplicationsQuantum Electrodynamics
Each chapter concludes with problems to challenge the students’ understanding of the material.
This text is intended for graduate and ambitious undergraduate students in physics, material sciences, and related disciplines.


Spis treści:
Preface
1 Electromagnetic Radiation and Matter
1.1 Hamiltonian and Vector Potential
1.2 Second Quantization
1.3 Time–Dependent Perturbation Theory
1.4 Spontaneous Emission
1.5 Blackbody Radiation
1.6 Selection Rules
2 Scattering
2.1 Scattering Amplitude and Cross Section
2.2 Born Approximation
2.3 Photo–Electric Effect
2.4 Photon Scattering
3 Symmetries and Conservation Laws
3.1 Symmetries and Conservation Laws
3.2 Continuous Symmetry Operators
3.3 Discrete Symmetry Operators
3.4 Degeneracy
4 Relativistic Quantum Physics
4.1 Klein–Gordon Equation
4.2 Dirac Equation
4.3 Solutions of the Dirac Equation, Anti Particles
4.4 Spin, Non–Relativistic Limit and Magnetic Moment
4.5 The Hydrogen Atom Re–Revisited
5 Special Topics
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Measurements in Quantum Physics
5.3 Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen Paradox
5.4 Schr¨odinger’s Cat
5.5 The Watched Pot
5.6 Hidden Variables and Bell’s Theorem
6 Second Quantization of Spin 1/2 and Spin 1 Fields
6.1 Second Quantization of Spin 1/2   Fields
6.2 Second Quantisation of Spin 1 Fields
7 Covariant Perturbation Theory and Applications
7.1 Covariant Perturbation Theory
7.2 W and Z Boson Decays
7.3 Feynman Graphs
7.4 Second Order Processes and Propagators
8 Quantum Electrodynamics
8.1 Electron–Positron Annihilation
8.2 Electron–Muon Scattering


Okładka tylna:
An Introduction to Advanced Quantum Physics presents important concepts from classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, statistical physics, and quantum physics brought together to discuss the interaction of radiation and matter, selection rules, symmetries and conservation laws, scattering, relativistic quantum mechanics, apparent paradoxes, elementary quantum field theory, electromagnetic and weak interactions, and much more.
This book consists of two parts:
Part 1 comprises the material suitable for a second course in Quantum Physics and coversElectromagnetic Radiation and MatterScatteringSymmetries and Conservation LawsRelativistic Quantum PhysicsSpecial Topics
Part 2 presents elementary Quantum Field Theory and discusses:Second Quantization of Spin 1/2 and Spin 1 FieldsCovariant Perturbation Theory and ApplicationsQuantum Electrodynamics
Each chapter concludes with problems to challenge the students’ understanding of the material.
This text is intended for graduate and ambitious undergraduate students in physics, material sciences, and related disciplines.