• Quantum mechanics is the study of matter and its interactions with energy on the scale of atomic and subatomic particles. By contrast, classical physics...
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  • Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, often called Griffiths, is an introductory textbook on quantum mechanics by David J. Griffiths. The book is considered...
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  • This is a list of notable textbooks on classical mechanics and quantum mechanics arranged according to level and surnames of the authors in alphabetical...
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    all quantum physics, which includes quantum chemistry, quantum field theory, quantum technology, and quantum information science. Quantum mechanics can...
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  • form molecules. The application of quantum mechanics to chemistry is known as quantum chemistry. Quantum mechanics can also provide quantitative insight...
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  • In quantum physics, a quantum state is a mathematical entity that embodies the knowledge of a quantum system. Quantum mechanics specifies the construction...
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  • Introductory Quantum Mechanics. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 978-0-8053-8714-8. Müller-Kirsten, H. J. W. (2012). Introduction to Quantum Mechanics: Schrödinger...
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  • of quantum mechanics is a fundamental part of the history of modern physics. The major chapters of this history begin with the emergence of quantum ideas...
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  • quantum mechanics is an attempt to explain how the mathematical theory of quantum mechanics might correspond to experienced reality. Although quantum...
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  • Modern Quantum Mechanics, often called Sakurai or Sakurai and Napolitano, is a standard graduate-level quantum mechanics textbook written originally by...
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  • Quantum chemistry, also called molecular quantum mechanics, is a branch of physical chemistry focused on the application of quantum mechanics to chemical...
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  • Quantum statistical mechanics is statistical mechanics applied to quantum mechanical systems. In quantum mechanics a statistical ensemble (probability...
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  • Quantum entanglement Quantum fiction Quantum field theory Quantum lithography Quantum mechanics Quantum mind Quantum mysticism Quantum number Quantum...
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  • Matrix mechanics is a formulation of quantum mechanics created by Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, and Pascual Jordan in 1925. It was the first conceptually...
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  • The old quantum theory is a collection of results from the years 1900–1925 which predate modern quantum mechanics. The theory was never complete or self-consistent...
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  • In quantum mechanics, the variational method is one way of finding approximations to the lowest energy eigenstate or ground state, and some excited states...
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  • In quantum mechanics, the measurement problem is the problem of definite outcomes: quantum systems have superpositions but quantum measurements only give...
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  • undergraduate quantum mechanics courses. Cautions: Different authors may have different definitions for the same term. The discussions are restricted to Schrödinger...
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  • In quantum mechanics, the Hamiltonian of a system is an operator corresponding to the total energy of that system, including both kinetic energy and potential...
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    Principles of Quantum Mechanics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-852011-5. Griffiths, David J. (2004). Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (2nd ed.). Prentice...
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  • fundamental physical constant of foundational importance in quantum mechanics: a photon's energy is equal to its frequency multiplied by the Planck constant, and...
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  • March 2011). Quantum Computing: A Gentle Introduction. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-01506-6. Weinberg, Steven (2015). Lectures on quantum mechanics (Second ed...
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    quantum entanglement is at the heart of the disparity between classical and quantum physics: entanglement is a primary feature of quantum mechanics not...
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  • In quantum mechanics, wave function collapse, also called reduction of the state vector, occurs when a wave function—initially in a superposition of several...
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  • physics, relativistic quantum mechanics (RQM) is any Poincaré covariant formulation of quantum mechanics (QM). This theory is applicable to massive particles...
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  • classical mechanics, an observable is a real-valued "function" on the set of all possible system states, e.g., position and momentum. In quantum mechanics, an...
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    which can be explained by classical mechanics. Beginning out of attempts to extend the understanding of quantum mechanics, the theory has developed in several...
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    is one of the most important model systems in quantum mechanics. Furthermore, it is one of the few quantum-mechanical systems for which an exact, analytical...
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    J. (2008). Quantum Electrodynamics (4th ed.). springer. ISBN 978-354087560-4. Griffiths, D. J. (2004). Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (2nd ed.). Essex...
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    1017/9781009397735. ISBN 978-1-009-39775-9. Books portal Physics portal Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (textbook) by the same author Classical Electrodynamics (textbook)...
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