Quantum Mechanics (Prentice Hall advanced reference series) - Hardcover

Ballentine, Leslie E.

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9780137479320: Quantum Mechanics (Prentice Hall advanced reference series)

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ISBN 10: 0137479328 ISBN 13: 9780137479320

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1990

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This book integrates into the presentation of quantum mechanics the conceptual and mathematical developments that have occurred in the last few decades, and gives particular attention to the question of interpretation. The text begins with a review of the mathematics of vector spaces and operators, and of probability theory. The quantum state concept and the relation of the fundamental dynamical variables to space-time symmetries are treated in detail. Further topics include: rigged Hilbert space; state preparation and measurement; recent neutron interference experiments; the Aharonov-Bohm effect; Landau levels; non-exponential decays; photon correlations; and coherence and Bell's theorem.

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"? the book is of greatest benefit to students of quantum mechanics who want to learn more than solely computational recipes and predictive tools of the theory, and, in this sense, the book really fills a gap in the literature." Mathematical Reviews, 1999

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Accessible for the most part to well-prepared advanced undergraduates but intended to serve primarily the needs of graduate students of physics (and of mathematically-adept philosophers and other professional "physics watchers"), this is not just another quantum text but a quantum text with a distinct difference. The author's objective has been to

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