Pauli and the Development of Quantum Theory. By Charles P. Enz
Foreword. By S. Flügge
Translator's Preface
Part 1. The Uncertainty Principle and Complementarity
1. The Uncertainty Principle and Complementarity
2. The Measurement of Position and Momentum
Part 2. Schrödinger Equation and Operator Calculus
3. The Wave Function of Free Particles
4. The Wave Function of a Particle Acted on by Forces
5. Many-Particle Interactions - Operator Calculus
Part 3. Stationary States and the Eigenvalue Problem
6. Stationary States as Eigenvalue Problem
Part 4. Matrix Mechanics
7. General Transformations of Operators and Matrices
8. The General Form of the Laws of Motion
Part 5. Theory of Measurements
9. Determination of the Stationary States of a System through Measurement: General Discussion of the Concept of Measurement
Part 6. Approximation Methods
10. The General Formalism of Perturbation Theory
11. Adiabatic and Sudden Perturbations
12. The W K B Approximation
Part 7. Identical Particles, Spin and Exclusion Principle
13. Hamiltonian Functions with Transformation Groups. Angular Momentum and Spin
14. The Behaviour of Eigenfunctions of Many Identical Particles Under Permutation. The Exclusion Principle
Part 8. Semiclassical Theory of Radiation
15. Treatment of the Radiation Processes Based on the Correspondence Principle
16. Application of the Semiclassical Theory to the Coherence Properties of Radiation
Part 9. The Relativistic One-Particle Problem
17. Introduction
18. Dirac's Wave Equation for the Electron. Free Particle Case
19. Relativistic Invariance
20. The Behaviour of Wave-Packets in the Free Particle Case
21. The Wave Equation when Forces are Present
22. Approximations of the Dirac Theory: The Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics of Spin as First Approximation
23. Approximations of the Dirac Theory: Limiting Transition to the Classical, Relativistic Particle Mechanics
24. Transitions to States of Negative Energy. Limitations of the Dirac Theory
Part 10. Quantum Electrodynamics
25. Quantization of the Free Radiation Field
26. Interaction Between Radiation and Matter
27. Self-Energy of the Electron. Limits of the Present Theory
Bibliography
Index