Advanced Quantum Mechanics (Second Edition)

Author: Ni Guangjiong, Chen Suqing
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book was first published in 2000 and was reprinted twice. In November 2001, it was approved by the Academic Evaluation Group of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee and selected as a recommended teaching material for postgraduate studies by the Office of Graduate Education of the Ministry of Education. The book is divided into ten chapters, aiming to reflect the latest developments in the cutting-edge research of quantum mechanics, emphasizing the connection between theory and practice as well as scientific thinking methods. Particularly, through a series of new experiments and discussions on six paradoxes, the authors elucidate original insights such as the symmetry inherent in quantum mechanics, the essence of special relativity, and the wave function as a virtual probability amplitude for measurement. In the second edition, in addition to further expanding discussions on topics such as equations of faster-than-light neutrinos and antigravity, exercises (with answers or hints) have been added at the end of each chapter, while some content from the first edition has been removed. The book is distinctive, with smooth and engaging writing that is both rigorous and accessible, inspiring and thought-provoking. It is suitable as a textbook for graduate students and undergraduate students in physics, as well as a reference for researchers engaged in fundamental or applied research on quantum mechanics.