TY - BOOK AU - Fayer, Michael D. TI - Elements of quantum mechanics SN - 9780195141955 U1 - 530.12 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Physics-Quantum Mechanics N1 - Includes problems, physical contants and converion factors for energy units and index; 1. Absolute size and the superposition principle 2. Kets, bras, operators, and the eigenvalue problem 3. Momentum of a free particle and wave packets 4. Commutators, Dirac’s quantum condition, and the uncertainty principle 5. The Schrödinger equation, time-dependent and time-independent 6. The harmonic oscillator in the Schrödinger and Dirac representations 7. The hydrogen atom 8. Time dependent two-state problem 9. Perturbation theory 10. The helium atom: perturbation treatment and the variation principle 11. Time-dependent perturbation theory 12. Absorption and emission of radiation 13. The matrix representation 14. The density matrix and coherent coupling of molecules to light 15. Angular momentum 16. Electron spin 17. The covalent bond ER -