1st Edition

Building Blocks of Quantum Mechanics Theory and Applications

By Tao Xiang Copyright 2022
264 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

264 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

264 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This textbook provides a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the principles, concepts, and methods of quantum mechanics. It covers the basic building blocks of quantum mechanics theory and applications, illuminated throughout by physical insights and examples of quantum mechanics, such as the one-dimensional eigen-problem, the harmonic oscillator, the Aharonov-Bohm effect, Landau levels,... Read more

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. One-dimensional Eigen-problem

Chapter 3. Representation theory of quantum states

Chapter 4. Harmonic Oscillators

Chapter 5. Angular Momentum

Chapter 6. Central Potential

Chapter 7. Identical Particles

Chapter 8. Symmetry and Conservation Law

Chapter 9. Approximate methods

Chapter 10. Quantum transition

Chapter 11. Adiabatic and diabatic Evolution

Chapter 12. Relativistic Quantum Mechanics.

Biography

Tao Xiang is a Professor at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He is an elected member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, and fellow of American Physical Society. He received his bachelor’s degree in 1984 and master’s degree in 1986 from Tsinghua University, and PhD from the Institute of Theoretical Physics, CAS in 1990. He is currently the President of Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences Director of the Quantum Computation Research Center of the Institute of Physics, and the Chief Editor of "Chinese Physics Letter". He served as the Director for the Key Laboratory of Condensed Matter Theory and Computation of CAS from 2010 to 2017, and the Director for the Division of Condensed Matter Theory and Statistical Physics of Chinese Physical Society from 2006 to 2010. He has received the Ho-Leung-Ho-Lee Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress, the Chi-Sun Yeh Prize of Chinese Physical Society, and a few other awards.