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Uncommon Paths in Quantum Physics
1st Edition - June 26, 2014
Author: Konstantin V. Kazakov
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780128015889
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eBook ISBN:9780128015988
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Quantum mechanics is one of the most fascinating, and at the same time most controversial, branches of contemporary science. Disputes have accompanied this science since its bi…Read more
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Quantum mechanics is one of the most fascinating, and at the same time most controversial, branches of contemporary science. Disputes have accompanied this science since its birth and have not ceased to this day.
Uncommon Paths in Quantum Physics allows the reader to contemplate deeply some ideas and methods that are seldom met in the contemporary literature. Instead of widespread recipes of mathematical physics, based on the solutions of integro-differential equations, the book follows logical and partly intuitional derivations of non-commutative algebra. Readers can directly penetrate the abstract world of quantum mechanics.
First book in the market that treats this newly developed area of theoretical physics; the book will thus provide a fascinating overview of the prospective applications of this area, strongly founded on the theories and methods that it describes.
Provides a solid foundation for the application of quantum theory to current physical problems arising in the interpretation of molecular spectra and important effects in quantum field theory.
New insight into the physics of anharmonic vibrations, more feasible calculations with improved precision.
Researchers in quantum mechanics and molecular spectroscopy, students and post-graduates of both physics and chemistry.
Preface
1. Ideas and principles
Quantum world
Noncommutative physics
Factorization
Quantum numbers
2. Physics of the electron
Hydrogen atom
Dirac’s equation
Spin one-half
Elementary consequences
Fine structure
Magnetic interaction
3. Theory of anharmonicity
Model Hamiltonian
Perturbation method
Polynomial formalism
Physical interpretation
Other anharmonic models
4. Quantum fields
Creation and destruction operators
Free scalar field
Quantization of electromagnetic field
Electron–positron Dirac field
Interaction picture
Solution according to perturbation theory
Ultraviolet divergences
5. Radiative corrections
Renormalization of mass
Anomalous magnetic moment of the electron
On the history of radiative corrections
Electromagnetic shift of atomic levels
Vacuum polarization
Dirac’s ideas and quantum field theory
Bibliography
No. of pages: 206
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: June 26, 2014
Imprint: Elsevier
Hardback ISBN: 9780128015889
eBook ISBN: 9780128015988
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Konstantin V. Kazakov
Konstantin V. Kazakov obtained a Dr. Sc. in Physics and Mathematics at the St. Petersburg State University.He published papers in internationally scientific journals, communications at scientific symposia and congresses, and 3 books. His previous book was published with Elsevier: “Quantum theory of anharmonic effects in molecules”, Elsevier, 2012.
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