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<i>Modern Quantum Mechanics</i>

Modern Quantum Mechanics

Physics textbook


Modern Quantum Mechanics, often called Sakurai or Sakurai and Napolitano, is a standard graduate-level quantum mechanics textbook written originally by J. J. Sakurai and edited by San Fu Tuan in 1985, with later editions coauthored by Jim Napolitano. Sakurai died in 1982 before he could finish the textbook and both the first edition of the book, published in 1985 by Benjamin Cummings, and the revised edition of 1994, published by Addison-Wesley, were edited and completed by Tuan posthumously.[1] The book was updated by Napolitano and released two later editions. The second edition was initially published by Addison-Wesley in 2010 and rereleased as an eBook by Cambridge University Press, who released a third edition in 2020.

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Table of contents (3rd edition)

  • Prefaces
  • Chapter 1: Fundamental Concepts
  • Chapter 2: Quantum Dynamics
  • Chapter 3: Theory of Angular Momentum
  • Chapter 4: Symmetry in Quantum Mechanics
  • Chapter 5: Approximation Methods
  • Chapter 6: Scattering Theory
  • Chapter 7: Identical Particles
  • Chapter 8: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
  • Appendix A: Electromagnetic Units
  • Appendix B: Elementary Solutions to Schrödinger's Wave Equation
  • Appendix C: Hamiltonian for a Charge in an Electromagnetic Field
  • Appendix D: Proof of the Angular-Momentum Rule (3.358)
  • Appendix E: Finding Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients
  • Appendix F: Notes on Complex Variables
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Reception

Early editions of the book have received several reviews.[1][2][3] It is a standard textbook on the subject and is recommended in other works on the subject,[4][5][6] it has inspired other textbooks on the subject,[7] and it is used as a point of comparison in book reviews.[8][9][10] Along with Griffith's Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, the book was also analyzed in a review of the "Philosophical Standpoints of Textbooks in Quantum Mechanics" in June 2020.[11]

Publication history

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References

  1. Commins, Eugene D. (January 1995). Tuan, S. F. (ed.). "Modern Quantum Mechanics, Revised Edition". American Journal of Physics. 63 (1): 93–95. Bibcode:1995AmJPh..63...93S. doi:10.1119/1.17781. ISSN 0002-9505.
  2. Walecka, John Dirk; Amore, Paolo (2014-09-11). Topics In Modern Physics: Solutions To Problems. World Scientific Publishing Company. ISBN 978-981-4618-97-7.
  3. Hamada, Mitsuru (2019). "On Several Errors Regarding Mathematics for Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Science" (PDF). Tamagawa University Quantum ICT Research Institute Bulletin. 9 (1): 29–31. ISSN 2186-6570. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  4. Porter, C. D.; Heckler, A. F. (2019-06-11). "Graduate student misunderstandings of wave functions in an asymmetric well". Physical Review Physics Education Research. 15 (1): 010139. Bibcode:2019PRPER..15a0139P. doi:10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.010139.
  5. Townsend, John S. (2000). A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics. University Science Books. p. xii. ISBN 978-1-891389-13-9.
  6. Deshpande, N. G. (2003-08-01). "Quantum Physics: A Text for Graduate Students". Physics Today. 56 (8): 53–54. Bibcode:2003PhT....56h..53N. doi:10.1063/1.2409992. ISSN 0031-9228.
  7. Fowler, Michael (2009-09-16). "Quantum Mechanics in a Nutshell". American Journal of Physics. 77 (10): 959. doi:10.1119/1.3147682. ISSN 0002-9505.

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