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Transitions






–one or several quanta 1293, 1335, 1358 (e)






–see: probability, forbidden, dipole (electric and magnetic), quadrupole (electric)






Translation operator 190, 556, 762






Transposition 1383






Triplet state 1008, 1426






Tritium 806






Tunnel effect 37, 74, 357, 461, 523, 1157







U






Uncertainty relations






–Heisenberg 27, 45, 47, 51, 59, 231, 287






–time-energy 250, 1294, 1356






Unitary operator 176, 309







V






Vacuum fluctuations 619






Valence band 1444






Value (eigen-) see eigenvalue






Value (mean) of an observable 227, 240






Van der Waals forces 1130






Variational method 1148, 1162, 1170, 1207 (e), 1208 (e)






Vector






–operator 705, 1048, 1089 (e)






–model 1054, 1072, 1237, 1242






Vector (state): see state






Velocity






–phase 28, 44






–group 30, 44, 59, 64, 589, 1168






–generalized 213, 1487






Vibration






–of a molecule 510, 856






–of the nuclei in a crystal 518, 601, 628






Virial theorem 344 (e), 1191






Volume effect 526, 812, 1141, 1248






Von Karman: see Born







W






Wave(s)






–wave function 19, 94, 146, 225






–evanescent 37, 71, 74, 81, 282






–plane 22, 27, 100, 923, 947






–see: partial






–free spherical 921, 924, 940






Wavelength






–L. de Broglie 18, 42






–Compton 798, 1216, endpaper






Wave packet(s)






–generality 21






–propagation 28, 63, 243, 402






–spreading 64, 342 (e)






–minimum 287, 572






–free gaussian 61






–at a potential step 79






–in a potential well 274






–in a harmonic potential 572






–two-dimensional 54






–three-dimensional 58






–reduction of 220, 226, 265, 278






–electron in a solid 1167






Wells (potential)






–square 37, 74






–"square spherical" 962 (e)






–infinite one-dimensional 77, 269






–infinite two-dimensional 199






–delta-function 86 (e), 88 (e)






–of arbitrary shape 351






Width (natural) 339, 450, 1356






Wigner-Eckart theorem 1047, 1048, 1068, 1089 (e), 1236







Y






Young's double slit experiment 11






Yukawa potential 957







Z






Zeeman effect






–hydrogen atom






with spin 835






without spin 1245, 1270






of the hyperfine structure 1232






–arbitrary multiple level 969, 1056






–three-dimensional harmonic oscillator 870 (e)






–muonium 1253






–positronium 1268


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