Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: the need for a quantum theory
- 2 Experimental foundations of quantum theory
- 3 Waves and particles
- 4 Schrödinger picture, Heisenberg picture and probabilistic aspects
- 5 Integrating the equations of motion
- 6 Elementary applications: one-dimensional problems
- 7 Elementary applications: multi-dimensional problems
- 8 Coherent states and related formalism
- 9 Introduction to spin
- 10 Symmetries in quantum mechanics
- 11 Approximation methods
- 12 Modern pictures of quantum mechanics
- 13 Formulations of quantum mechanics and their physical implications
- 14 Exam problems
- 15 Definitions of geometric concepts
- References
- Index
12 - Modern pictures of quantum mechanics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: the need for a quantum theory
- 2 Experimental foundations of quantum theory
- 3 Waves and particles
- 4 Schrödinger picture, Heisenberg picture and probabilistic aspects
- 5 Integrating the equations of motion
- 6 Elementary applications: one-dimensional problems
- 7 Elementary applications: multi-dimensional problems
- 8 Coherent states and related formalism
- 9 Introduction to spin
- 10 Symmetries in quantum mechanics
- 11 Approximation methods
- 12 Modern pictures of quantum mechanics
- 13 Formulations of quantum mechanics and their physical implications
- 14 Exam problems
- 15 Definitions of geometric concepts
- References
- Index
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- Advanced Concepts in Quantum Mechanics , pp. 301 - 338Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014