Quantum Mechanics

Matter WavesEdit

1. Introduction to QM
2. Waves and Modes
3. Blackbody Radiation
4. Bragg's Law
5. X-Ray Diffraction Techniques
6. Operators and Commutators
7. Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
8. Meaning of Quantum Wave Function
9. Time Independent Schrödinger
10. Mass, Momentum and Energy
11. Perturbation Theory

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Symmetry and Bound StatesEdit

1. Complex Waves
2. Symmetry and Quantum Mechanics
3. Confined Matter Waves

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Measuring the Very SmallEdit

1. Continuous Matter or Atoms?
2. The Ring Around the Moon
3. The Geiger-Marsden Experiment
4. Cosmic Rays and Accelerator Experiments
5. Commentary

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AtomsEdit

1. Fermions and Boson
2. The Hydrogen Atom
3. The Periodic Table of the Elements
4. Atomic Spectra

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The Standard ModelEdit

1. Quarks and Leptons
2. Quantum Chromodynamics
3. The Electroweak Theory
4. Grand Unification?

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Further Reading and ResourcesEdit

• This Quantum World - a complete introductory text.
• Quantum mechanics for mathematicians - answers some questions no other books do!!!