量子力学（英文版）

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Introduction
Part I Basic features of quantum mechanics
1 From classical mechanics to quantum mechanics
l.1 Review of the foundations of classical mechanics
1.2 An interferometry experiment and its consequences
1.3 State as vector
1.4 Quantum probability
l.5 The historical need of a new mechanics
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2 Quantum observables and states
2.1 Basic features of quantum observables
2.2 Wave function and basic observables
2.3 Uncertainty relation
2.4 Quantum algebra and quantum logic
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3 Quantum dynamics
3.1 The Schrodinger equation
3.2 Properties of the Schrodinger equation
3.3 Schrodinger equation and Galilei transformations
3.4 One-dimensional free particle in a box
3.5 Unitary transformations
3.6 Different pictures
3.7 Time derivatives and the Ehrenfest theorem
3.8 Energy-time uncertainty relation
3.9 Towards a time operator
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4 Examples of quantum dynamics
4.1 Finite potential wells
4.2 Potential barrier
4.3 Tunneling
4.4 Harmonic oscillator
4.5 Quantum particles in simple fields
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5 Density matrix
5.1 Basic formalism
5.2 Expectation values and measurement outcomes
5.3 Time evolution and density matrix
5.4 Statistical properties of quantum mechanics
5.5 Compound systems
5.6 Pure- and mixed-state representation
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Part II More advanced topics
6 Angular momentum and spin
6.1 Orbital angular momentum
6.2 Special examples
6.3 Spin
6.4 Composition of angular momenta and total angular momentum
6.5 Angular momentum and angle
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7 Identical particles
7.1 Statistics and quantum mechanics
7.2 Wave function and symmetry
7.3 Spin and statistics
7.4 Exchange interaction
7.5 Two recent applications
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8 Symmetries and conservation laws
8.1 Quantum transformations and symmetries
8.2 Continuous symmetries
8.3 Discrete symmetries
8.4 A brief introduction to group theory
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9 The measurement problem in quantum mechanics
9.1 Statement of the problem
9.2 A brief history of the problem
9.3 Schrodinger cats
9.4 Decoherence
9.5 Reversibility/irreversibility
9.6 Interaction-free measurement
9.7 Delayed-choice experiments
9.8 Quantum Zeno effect
9.9 Conditional measurements or postselection
9.10 Positive operator valued measure
9.11 Quantum non-demolition measurements
9.12 Decision and estimation theory
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Part III Matter and light
10 Perturbations and approximation methods
10.1 Stationary perturbation theory
10.2 Time-dependent perturbation theory
10.3 Adiabatic theorem
10.4 The variational method
10.5 Classical limit
10.6 Semiclassical limit and WKB approximation
10.7 Scattering theory
10.8 Path integrals
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Part Ⅱ More advanced topics
PartⅢ Matter and light
Part Ⅳ Ouantum information:state and correlations