Quantum Mechanics -- Special Chapters is an important additional course for third-year students. Starting with the quantization of a free electromagnetic field and its interaction with matter, it discusses second quantization and interacting quantum fields. After re-normalization problems and a general treatment of nonrelativistic quantum field theory, these methods are applied to problems from solid-state physics and plasma physics: quantum gas, superfluidity, plasmons, and photons. The book concludes with an introduction to quantum statistics, the structure of atoms and molecules, and the Schr?dinger wave equation formulated by Feynman path integrals. 72 fully and carefully worked examples and problems consolidate the material.Content: Front Matter....Pages I-XVIIQuantum Theory of Free Electromagnetic Fields....Pages 1-29Interaction of Electromagnetic Fields with Matter....Pages 31-80Noninteracting Fields....Pages 81-108Quantum Fields with Interaction....Pages 109-131Infinities in Quantum Electrodynamics: Renormalization Problems....Pages 133-160Nonrelativistic Quantum Field Theory of Interacting Particles and Its Applications....Pages 161-192Superfluidity....Pages 193-211Pair Correlations Among Fermions and Bosons....Pages 213-239Quasiparticles in Plasmas and Metals: Selected Topics....Pages 241-253Basics of Quantum Statistics....Pages 255-283Structure of Atoms....Pages 285-333Elementary Structure of Molecules....Pages 335-359Feynman’s Path Integral Formulation of Schr?dinger’s Wave Mechanics....Pages 361-376Back Matter....Pages 377-378, Quantum Mechanics -- Special Chapters is an important additional course for third-year students. Starting with the quantization of a free electromagnetic field and its interaction with matter, it discusses second quantization and interacting quantum fields. After re-normalization problems and a general treatment of nonrelativistic...

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