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Contents
Preface viii
Chapter 1 The wave function 1
1.1 Wave motion 2
1.2 Wave packet 8
1.3 Dispersion of a wave packet 15
1.4 Particles and waves 18
1.5 Heisenberg uncertainty principle 21
1.6 Young's double-slit experiment 23
1.7 Stern±Gerlach experiment 26
1.8 Physical interpretation of the wave function 29
Problems 34
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Chapter 2 Schrodinger wave mechanics 36
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2.1 The Schrodinger equation 36
2.2 The wave function 37
2.3 Expectation values of dynamical quantities 41
2.4 Time-independent Schrodinger equation 46
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2.5 Particle in a one-dimensional box 48
2.6 Tunneling 53
2.7 Particles in three dimensions 57
2.8 Particle in a three-dimensional box 61
Problems 64
Chapter 3 General principles of quantum theory 65
3.1 Linear operators 65
3.2 Eigenfunctions and eigenvalues 67
3.3 Hermitian operators 69
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