Advanced Concepts in Quantum Mechanics

Giampiero Esposito is Primo Ricercatore at the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare. His contributions have been devoted to quantum gravity and quantum field theory on manifolds with boundary. Giuseppe Marmo is Professor of Theoretical Physics at Naples University. His research interests are in the geometry of classical and quantum dynamical systems, deformation quantization and constrained and integrable systems. Gennaro Miele is Associate Professor in Theoretical Physics at the University of Naples 'Federico II', Italy. His main research interests are primordial nucleosynthesis and neutrino cosmology. George Sudarshan is Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin. His research has revolutionized the understanding of classical and quantum dynamics.

Preface; 1. Introduction: the need for a quantum theory; 2. Experimental foundations of quantum theory; 3. Waves and particles; 4. Schrödinger picture, Heisenberg picture and probabilistic aspects; 5. Integrating the equations of motion; 6. Elementary applications: 1-dimensional problems; 7. Elementary applications: multidimensional problems; 8. Coherent states and related formalism; 9. Introduction to spin; 10. Symmetries in quantum mechanics; 11. Approximation methods; 12. Modern pictures of quantum mechanics; 13. Formulations of quantum mechanics and their physical implications; 14. Exam problems; Glossary of geometric concepts; References; Index.