Introduction to Quantum Mechanics 1 : Thermal Radiation and Experimental Facts Regarding the Quantization of Matter.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Thermal Radiation -- 1.1. Radiation -- 1.2. Radiant flux -- 1.3. Black body emission spectrum -- 1.4. Exercises -- 1.5. Solutions -- 2 Wave and Particle Aspects of Light -- 2.1. Light interferences -- 2.2. Photoelectric effect -- 2.3. Compton effect -- 2.4. Combining the particle- and wave-like aspects of light -- 2.5. Exercises -- 2.6. Solutions -- 3 Quantum Numbers of the Electron -- 3.1. Experimental facts -- 3.2. Rutherford's planetary model of the atom -- 3.3. Bohr's quantized model of the atom -- 3.4. Sommerfeld's atomic model -- 3.5. Electron spin -- 3.6. Electron magnetic moments -- 3.7. Exercises -- 3.8. Solutions -- 4 Matter Waves - Uncertainty Relations -- 4.1. De Broglie's matter waves -- 4.2. Heisenberg's uncertainty relations -- 4.3. Exercises -- 4.4. Solutions -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Planck's Law -- A1.1. Photon gas -- A1.2. Photon spin and polarization -- A1.3. Decomposition of electromagnetic radiation field -- A1.4. Definition of spectral density of energy -- A1.5. Number of quantum harmonic oscillators -- A1.6. Expression of Planck's law -- Appendix 2: Planck's Law and Einstein's Theory -- A2.1. The main processes of interaction between optical radiation and matter -- A2.2. Einstein's theory of absorption and emission processes -- Appendix 3: Stefan-Boltzmann Law -- A3.1. Thermodynamic approach to establishing Stefan's law -- A3.2. Stefan's law according to Boltzmann approach -- Appendix 4: Dirac's Relativistic Theory -- A4.1. Fine structure perturbing Hamiltonian -- A4.2. Energy of the weakly relativistic hydrogen-like systems -- A4.3. Effects of the fine structure perturbing Hamiltonian -- Appendix 5: Fine and Hyperfine Structures, Natural Width -- A5.1. Lamb shift, physical vacuum -- A5.2. Hyperfine interaction, nuclear spin of the hydrogen atom.

A5.3. Anomalous Zeeman effect on the yellow line of sodium -- A5.4. Lifetime of excited states -- A5.5. Doppler effect, broadening of lines -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

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