Quantum Mechanics by Robert Littlejohn

Overview & Synopsis

This note covers the following topics The Mathematical Formalism of Quantum Mechanics, Postulates of Quantum Mechanics, Density Operator, Spatial Degrees of Freedom, Time Evolution in Quantum Mechanics, The WKB Method, Harmonic Oscillators and Coherent States, The Propagator and the Path Integral, Charged Particles in Magnetic Fields, Rotations in Ordinary Space, Rotations in Quantum Mechanics, and Rotations of Spin Systems, Representations of the Angular Momentum Operators and Rotations, Spins in Magnetic Fields, Orbital Angular Momentum and Spherical Harmonics, Central Force Motion, Hydrogen, Coupling of Angular Momenta, Irreducible Tensor Operators and the WignerEckart Theorem, BoundState Perturbation Theory, The Stark Effect in Hydrogen and Alkali Atoms, The Photoelectric Effect.