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Summary of Quantum Mechanics

 1 Principles

 2 General Results

 3 The Particular Case of a Point-Like Particle; Wave Mechanics.

 4 Angular Momentum and Spin

 5 Exactly Soluble Problems

 6 Approximation Methods

 7 Identical Particles

 8 Time-Evolution of Systems

 9 Collision Processes

Part Ⅰ Elementary Particles, Nuclei and Atoms

 1 Neutrino Oscillations

1.1 Mechanism of the Oscillations; Reactor Neutrinos

1.2 Oscillations of Three Species; Atmospheric Neutrinos

1.3 Solutions

1.4 Comments

 2 Atomic Clocks

2.1 The Hyperfine Splitting of the Ground State

2.2 The Atomic Fountain

2.3 The GPS System

2.4 The Drift of Fundamental Constants

2.5 Solutions

 3 Neutron Interferometry

3.1 Neutron Interferences

3.2 The Gravitational Effect

3.3 Rotating a Spin 1/2 by 360 Degrees

3.4 Solutions

 4 Spectroscopic Measurement on a Neutron Beam

4.1 Ramsey Fringes

4.2 Solutions

 5 Analysis of a Stern-Gerlach Experiment

5.1 Preparation of the Neutron Beam

5.2 Spin State of the Neutrons

5.3 The Stern-Gerlach Experiment

5.4 Solutions

 6 Measuring the Electron Magnetic Moment Anomaly

6.1 Spin and Momentum Precession of an Electron in a Magnetic Field

6.2 Solutions Decay of a Tritium Atom

 7 Decay of a Tritum Atom

7.1 The Energy Balance in Tritium Decay

7.2 Solutions

7.3 Comments

 8 The Spectrum of Positronium

8.1 Positronium Orbital States

8.2 Hyperfine Splitting

8.3 Zeeman Effect in the Ground State

8.4 Decay of Positronium

8.5 Solutions

 9 The Hydrogen Atom in Crossed Fields

9.1 The Hydrogen Atom in Crossed Electric and Magnetic Fields

9.2 Pauli's Result

9.3 Solutions

 10 Energy Loss of Ions in Matter

10.1 Energy Absorbed by One Atom

10.2 Energy Loss in Matter

10.3 Solutions

10.4 Comments

Part Ⅱ Quantum Entanglement and Measurement

 11 The EPR Problem and Bell's Inequality

11.1 The Electron Spin

11.2 Correlations Between the Two Spins

11.3 Correlations in the Singlet State

11.4 A Simple Hidden Variable Model

11.5 Bell's Theorem and Experimental Results

11.6 Solutions

 12 Schrodinger's Cat

12.1 The Quasi-Classical States of a Harmonic Oscillator

12.2 Construction of a Schr5dinger-Cat State

12.3 Quantum Superposition Versus Statistical Mixture

12.4 The Fragility of a Quantum Superposition

12.5 Solutions

12.6 Comments

 13 Quantum Cryptography

13.1 Preliminaries

13.2 Correlated Pairs of Spins

13.3 The Quantum Cryptography Procedure

13.4 Solutions

 14 Direct Observation of Field Quantization

14.1 Quantization of a Mode of the Electromagnetic Field

14.2 The Coupling of the Field with an Atom

14.3 Interaction of the Atom with an “Empty” Cavity

14.4 Interaction of an Atom with a Quasi-Classical State

14.5 Large Numbers of Photons: Damping and Revivals

14.6 Solutions

14.7 Comments

 15 Ideal Quantum Measurement

15.1 Preliminaries: a yon Neumann Detector

15.2 Phase States of the Harmonic Oscillator

15.3 The Interaction between the System and the Detector

15.4 An “Ideal” Measurement

15.5 Solutions

15.6 Comments

 16 The Quantum Eraser

16.1 Magnetic Resonance

16.2 Ramsey Fringes

16.3 Detection of the Neutron Spin State

16.4 A Quantum Eraser

16.5 Solutions

16.6 Comments

 17 A Quantum Thermometer

17.1 The Penning Trap in Classical Mechanics

17.2 The Penning Trap in Quantum Mechanics

17.3 Coupling of the Cyclotron and Axial Motions

17.4 A Quantum Thermometer

17.5 Solutions

Part Ⅲ Complex Systems

 18 Exact Results for the Three-Body Problem

18.1 The Two-Body Problem

18.2 The Variational Method

18.3 Relating the Three-Body and Two-Body Sectors

18.4 The Three-Body Harmonic Oscillator

18.5 From Mesons to Baryons in the Quark Model

18.6 Solutions

 19 Properties of a Bose-Einstein Condensate

19.1 Particle in a Harmonic Trap

19.2 Interactions Between Two Confined Particles

19.3 Energy of a Bose-Einstein Condensate

19.4 Condensates with Repulsive Interactions

19.5 Condensates with Attractive Interactions

19.6 Solutions

19.7 Comments

 20 Magnetic Excitons

20.1 The Molecule CsFeBra

20.2 Spin-Spin Interactions in a Chain of Molecules

20.3 Energy Levels of the Chain

20.4 Vibrations of the Chain: Excitons

20.5 Solutions

 21 A Quantum Box

21.1 Results on the One-Dimensional Harmonic Oscillator

21.2 The Quantum Box

21.3 Quantum Box in a Magnetic Field

21.4 Experimental Verification

21.5 Anisotropy of a Quantum Box

21.6 Solutions

21.7 Comments

 22 Colored Molecular Ions

22.1 Hydrocarbon Ions

22.2 Nitrogenous Ions

22.3 Solutions

22.4 Comments

 23 Hyperfine Structure in Electron Spin Resonance

23.1 Hyperfine Interaction with One Nucleus

23.2 Hyperfine Structure with Several Nuclei

23.3 Experimental Results

23.4 Solutions

 24 Probing Matter with Positive Muons

24.1 Muonium in Vacuum

24.2 Muonium in Silicon

24.3 Solutions

 25 Quantum Reflection of Atoms from a Surface

25.1 The Hydrogen Atom-Liquid Helium Interaction

25.2 Excitations on the Surface of Liquid Helium

25.3 Quantum Interaction Between H and Liquid He

25.4 The Sticking Probability

25.5 Solutions

25.6 Comments

 26 Laser Cooling and Trapping

26.1 Optical Bloch Equations for an Atom at Rest

26.2 The Radiation Pressure Force

26.3 Doppler Cooling

26.4 The Dipole Force

26.5 Solutions

26.6 Comments

 27 Bloch Oscillations

27.1 Unitary Transformation on a Quantum System

27.2 Band Structure in a Periodic Potential

27.3 The Phenomenon of Bloch Oscillations

27.4 Solutions

27.5 Comments

Author Index

Subject Index