Research Catalog

Title

Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics / J.E. House.

Author

House, J. E.

Publication

San Diego : Academic Press, ©1998.

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Details

Description

xv, 279 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

• Quantum theory
• Quantum Theory
• Quantum theory
• Quantenmechanik
• Théorie quantique

Genre/Form

Textbooks

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

[Table of Contents] -- Preface -- 1. The Early Days -- 1.1 Blackbody Radiation -- 1.2 The Line Spectrum of Atomic Hydrogen -- 1.3 The Bohr Model for the Hydrogen Atom -- 1.4 Particle-Wave Duality -- 1.5 The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle -- 2. The Quantum Mechanical Way of Doing Things -- 2.1 The Postulates -- 2.2 The Wave Equation -- 2.3 Operators -- 2.4 Eigenvalues -- 2.5 Wave functions -- 3. Particles in Boxes -- 3.1 The Particle in a One-Dimensional Box -- 3.2 Separation of Variables -- 3.3 The Particle in a Three-Dimensional Box -- 4. The Hydrogen Atom -- 4.1 Schrödinger's Solution to the Hydrogen Atom Problem -- 4.2 Interpreting the Solutions -- 4.3 Orthogonality -- 4.4 Approximate Wave Functions and the Variation Method -- 5. More Complex Atoms -- 5.1 The Helium Atom -- 5.2 Slater Wave Functions -- 5.3 Electron Configurations -- 5.4 Spectroscopic States -- 6. Vibrations and the Harmonic Oscillator -- 6.1 The Vibrating Object -- 6.2 Linear Differential Equations with Constant Coefficients -- 6.3 Back to the Vibrating Object -- 6.4 The Quantum Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator -- 6.5 Series Solutions of Differential Equations -- 6.6 Back to the Harmonic Oscillator -- 6.7 Population of States -- 7. Molecular Rotation and Spectroscopy -- 7.1 Rotational Energies -- 7.2 Quantum Mechanics of Rotation -- 7.3 Heat Capacities of Gases -- 7.4 Energy Levels in Gaseous Atoms and Molecules -- 7.5 Molecular Spectra -- 7.6 Structure Determination -- 7.7 Types of Bonds Present -- 8. Barrier Penetration -- 8.1 The Phenomenon of Barrier Penetration -- 8.2 The Wave Equations -- 8.3 Alpha Decay -- 8.4 Tunneling and Superconductivity -- 8.5 The Scanning Tunneling Microscope -- 8.6 Spin Tunneling -- 8.7 Tunneling in Ammonia Inversion -- 9. Diatomic Molecules -- 9.1 An Elementary Look at a Covalent Bond -- 9.2 Some Simple Relationships for Bonds -- 9.3 The LCAO-MO Method -- 9.4 Diatomic Molecules of the Second Period -- 9.5 Overlap and Exchange Integrals -- 9.6 Heteronuclear Diatomic Molecules -- 10. Symmetry -- 10.1 What Symmetry Means -- 10.2 Symmetry Elements -- 10.3 What Point Group Is It? -- 10.4 Group Theory -- 10.5 Construction of Molecular Orbitals -- 11. Hückel Molecular Orbital Methods -- 11.1 The Hückel Method -- 11.2 Determinants -- 11.3 Solving Polynomial Equations -- 11.4 Hückel Calculations for Larger Molecules -- 11.5 Dealing with Heteroatoms -- 11.6 The Extended Hückel Method -- Index.

ISBN

• 0123567750
• 9780123567758

LCCN

98084495

OCLC

• ocm39702309
• 39702309
• SCSB-1243909

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library