Introductory Applied Quantum and Statistical Mechanics [Hardcover]

* An applied focus for electrical engineers and materials scientists.
* Theoretical results supported with real-world systems and applications.
* Includes worked examples and self-study questions.
* Solutions manual available.Introduction.

PART I: FOUNDATIONS.

1. Particles and Waves.

2. Probability Amplitudes.

3. The Origins of Quantum Mechanics.

4. The Schrödinger Equation and Wave Packet Solutions.

5. Operators, Expectation Values, and Ehrenfest's Theorem.

PART II: THE TIME-INDEPENDENT SCHRÖDINGER EQUATION.

6. Eigenfunctions and Eigenvalues.

7. Piecewise Constant Potentials: I.

8. Piecewise Constant Potentials: II.

PART III: THE SIMPLE HARMONIC OSCILLATOR.

9. The Simple Harmonic Oscillator I.

10. The Simple Harmonic Oscillator II: Operators.

11. The Simple Harmonic Oscillator III: Wave Packet Solutions.

12. The Quantum LC Circuit.

PART IV: USEFUL APPROXIMATIONS.

13. Overview of Approximate Methods for Eigenfunctions.

14. The WKB Approximation.

15. The Variational Method.

16. Finite Basis Approximation.

PART V: THE TWO-LEVEL SYSTEM.

17. The Two-level System with Static Coupling.

18. Th e Two-level System with Dynamical Coupling.

19. Coupld Two-level System and Simple Harmonic Oscillator.

PART VI: QUANTUM SYSTEMS WITH MANY DEGREES OF FREEDOM.

20. Problems in More than One Dimension.

21. Electromagnetic Field Quantization I: Resonator Fields.

22. Electromagnetic Field Quantization II: Free-spl1