Lectures in Quantum Mechanics

Luigi Picasso is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Pisa, Italy. He currently teaches courses on Studies in Mathematics, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, and Complements of Physics. Professor Picasso has numerous publications to his name and together with Emilio d’Emilio he co-authored the Springer book "Problems in Quantum Mechanics with Solutions" (2011).

The Crisis of Classical Physics.- From Einstein to de Broglie.- Introduction to the Postulates of Quantum Mechanics.- The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics.- The Harmonic Oscillator.- Representation Theory.- Schrödinger Equation for One-Dimensional Systems.- One-Dimensional Systems.- Time-Evolution.- Angular Momentum.- Particle in a Central Force Field.- Perturbations to Energy Levels.- Electromagnetic Transitions.- Introduction to Atomic Physics.- Composite Systems. Pauli Principle.- Many-Electron Atoms.- The Paradoxes of Quantum Mechanics.

"The book offers a good overview on quantum mechanics. Its style is fresh and exact. The explanations are often original, at least in the style. Some material like, for instance, om degeneracy and spatial inversion cannot be found easily in this form in other monographs. One gets the feeling that all this comes directly from the author's experience in teaching and thoughtful examination of the subject." (Marek Nowakowski, zbMATH, Vol. 1365.81002, 2017)