[The Feynman Lectures on Physics (The New Millennium Edition) 03] • The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. III · The New Millennium Edition · Quantum Mechanics · Volume 3 (Feynman Lectures on Physics (Paperback)) by Feynman, Richard P. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Front matter

Title Page Copyright

Introduction to the Electronic Editions About the Authors Preface to the New Millenium Edition Feynman's Preface Foreword Contents 1. Quantum Behavior

1–1. Atomic mechanics 1–2. An experiment with bullets 1–3. An experiment with waves 1–4. An experiment with electrons 1–5. The interference of electron waves 1–6. Watching the electrons 1–7. First principles of quantum mechanics 1–8. The uncertainty principle

2. The Relation of Wave and Particle Viewpoints

2–1. Probability wave amplitudes 2–2. Measurement of position and momentum 2–3. Crystal diffraction 2–4. The size of an atom 2–5. Energy levels 2–6. Philosophical implications

3. Probability Amplitudes

3–1. The laws for combining amplitudes 3–2. The two-slit interference pattern 3–3. Scattering from a crystal 3–4. Identical particles

4. Identical Particles

4–1. Bose particles and Fermi particles 4–2. States with two Bose particles 4–3. States with n Bose particles 4–4. Emission and absorption of photons 4–5. The blackbody spectrum 4–6. Liquid helium 4–7. The exclusion principle

5. Spin One

5–1. Filtering atoms with a Stern-Gerlach apparatus 5–2. Experiments with filtered atoms 5–3. Stern-Gerlach filters in series 5–4. Base states 5–5. Interfering amplitudes 5–6. The machinery of quantum mechanics 5–7. Transforming to a different base 5–8. Other situations

6. Spin One-Half

6–1. Transforming amplitudes 6–2. Transforming to a rotated coordinate system 6–3. Rotations about the z-axis 6–4. Rotations of 180° and 90° about y 6–5. Rotations about x 6–6. Arbitrary rotations

7. The Dependence of Amplitudes on Time

7–1. Atoms at rest; stationary states 7–2. Uniform motion 7–3. Potential energy; energy conservation 7–4. Forces; the classical limit 7–5. The “precession” of a spin one-half particle

8. The Hamiltonian Matrix

8–1. Amplitudes and vectors 8–2. Resolving state vectors 8–3. What are the base states of the world? 8–4. How states change with time 8–5. The Hamiltonian matrix 8–6. The ammonia molecule

9. The Ammonia Maser

9–1. The states of an ammonia molecule 9–2. The molecule in a static electric field 9–3. Transitions in a time-dependent field 9–4. Transitions at resonance 9–5. Transitions off resonance 9–6. The absorption of light

10. Other Two-State Systems

10–1. The hydrogen molecular ion 10–2. Nuclear forces 10–3. The hydrogen molecule 10–4. The benzene molecule 10–5. Dyes 10–6. The Hamiltonian of a spin one-half particle in a magnetic field 10–7. The spinning electron in a magnetic field

11. More Two-State Systems

11–1. The Pauli spin matrices 11–2. The spin matrices as operators 11–3. The solution of the two-state equations 11–4. The polarization states of the photon 11–5. The neutral K-meson 11–6. Generalization to N-state systems

12. The Hyperfine Splitting in Hydrogen

12–1. Base states for a system with two spin one-half particles 12–2. The Hamiltonian for the ground state of hydrogen 12–3. The energy levels 12–4. The Zeeman splitting 12–5. The states in a magnetic field 12–6. The projection matrix for spin one

13. Propagation in a Crystal Lattice

13–1. States for an electron in a one-dimensional lattice 13–2. States of definite energy 13–3. Time-dependent states 13–4. An electron in a three-dimensional lattice 13–5. Other states in a lattice 13–6. Scattering from imperfections in the lattice 13–7. Trapping by a lattice imperfection 13–8. Scattering amplitudes and bound states

14. Semiconductors

14–1. Electrons and holes in semiconductors 14–2. Impure semiconductors 14–3. The Hall effect 14–4. Semiconductor junctions 14–5. Rectification at a semiconductor junction 14–6. The transistor

15. The Independent Particle Approximation

15–1. Spin waves 15–2. Two spin waves 15–3. Independent particles 15–4. The benzene molecule 15–5. More organic chemistry 15–6. Other uses of the approximation

16. The Dependence of Amplitudes on Position

16–1. Amplitudes on a line 16–2. The wave function 16–3. States of definite momentum 16–4. Normalization of the states in x 16–5. The Schrödinger equation 16–6. Quantized energy levels

17. Symmetry and Conservation Laws

17–1. Symmetry 17–2. Symmetry and conservation 17–3. The conservation laws 17–4. Polarized light 17–5. The disintegration of the Λ0 17–6. Summary of the rotation matrices

18. Angular Momentum

18–1. Electric dipole radiation 18–2. Light scattering 18–3. The annihilation of positronium 18–4. Rotation matrix for any spin 18–5. Measuring a nuclear spin 18–6. Composition of angular momentum 18–7. Added Note 1: Derivation of the rotation matrix 18–8. Added Note 2: Conservation of parity in photon emission

19. The Hydrogen Atom and The Periodic Table

19–1. Schrödinger’s equation for the hydrogen atom 19–2. Spherically symmetric solutions 19–3. States with an angular dependence 19–4. The general solution for hydrogen 19–5. The hydrogen wave functions 19–6. The periodic table

20. Operators

20–1. Operations and operators 20–2. Average energies 20–3. The average energy of an atom 20–4. The position operator 20–5. The momentum operator 20–6. Angular momentum 20–7. The change of averages with time

21. The Schrödinger Equation in a Classical Context: A Seminar on Superconductivity

21–1. Schrödinger’s equation in a magnetic field 21–2. The equation of continuity for probabilities 21–3. Two kinds of momentum 21–4. The meaning of the wave function 21–5. Superconductivity 21–6. The Meissner effect 21–7. Flux quantization 21–8. The dynamics of superconductivity 21–9. The Josephson junction

Feynman's Epilogue