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Table








Volume I


 





Directions for Use







v







Introduction







3







Foreword







6







Chapter I
Waves and Particles. Introduction to the Fundamental Ideas of Quantum Mechanics








7






A. Electromagnetic Waves and Photons







10






B. Material Articles and Matter Waves







18






C. Quantum Description of a Particle; Wave Packets







21






D. Particle in a Time-Independent Scalar Potential







31







Complements of Chapter I


 




Reader's Guide







41






AI: Order of Magnitude of the Wavelengths Associated with Material Particles







42






BI: Constraints Imposed by the Uncertainty Relations







45






CI: The Uncertainty Relations and Atomic Parameters







47






DI: An Experiment Illustrating The Uncertainty Relation







50






EI: A Simple Treatment of a Two-dimensional Wave Packet







53






FI: The Relation Between One- and Three-dimensional Problems







57






GI: One-dimensional Gaussian Wave Packet: Spreading of the Wave Packet







61






HI: Stationary States of a Particle in One-dimensional Square Potentials







67






JI: Behavior of a Wave Packet at a Potential Step







79






KI: Exercises







86



Start of Citation[PU]John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (US)[/PU][DP]1977[/DP]End of Citation