PROB & SOL QUAN MECH (2ND ED)

This volume is a comprehensive compilation of carefully selected questions at the PhD qualifying exam level, including many actual questions from Columbia University, University of Chicago, MIT, State University of New York at Buffalo, Princeton University, University of Wisconsin and the University of California at Berkeley over a twenty-year period. Topics covered in this book include the basic principles of quantum phenomena, particles in potentials, motion in electromagnetic fields, perturbation theory and scattering theory, among many others.

This latest edition has been updated with more problems and solutions and the original problems have also been modernized, excluding outdated questions and emphasizing those that rely on calculations. The problems range from fundamental to advanced in a wide range of topics on quantum mechanics, easily enhancing the student's knowledge through workable exercises. Simple-to-solve problems play a useful role as a first check of the student's level of knowledge whereas difficult problems will challenge the student's capacity on finding the solutions.

Contents:

• Preface
• Basic Principles and One-Dimensional Motions
• Central Potentials
• Spin and Angular Momentum
• Motion in Electromagnetic Fields
• Perturbation Theory
• Scattering Theory & Quantum Transitions
• Many-Particle Systems
• Miscellaneous Topics
• Index to Problems

Readership: Lectures, postgraduates and advanced undergraduates in physics.

Reviews of the First Edition:This collection will present students with the opportunity to test their comprehension and lecturers with ideas for problems. - Contemporary Physics

The book will be of use to physics students preparing for graduate school general examinations, to those preparing the examinations, and to those needing a source of supplementary material suitable even for an undergraduate course in quantum mechanics. - Mathematical Reviews