A Companion to Angular Momentum

ISBN-13: 9780471192497 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 208 str.

Richard N. Zare; Valeria D. Kleiman; Hongkun Park

Opis

Angular momentum is a basic concept used in classical physics.Examples of phenomena that are related to angular momentum are: 1)Why a moving bicycle does not fall over and 2) why the currents inthe ocean of the rotating earth tend to follow circular motions.Designed as a learning tool for those with limited background inquantum mechanics and to compliment Zare's Angular Momentum, thisbook provides examples, problems, & solutions in angularmomentum in quantum mechanics and its applications to chemistry andphysics.

Spis treści

Angular Momentum Operators and Wave Functions.

Coupling of Two Angular Momentum Vectors.

Transformation Under Rotation.

Coupling of More Than Two Angular Momentum Vectors.

Spherical Tensor Operators.

Energy–Level Structure and Wave Functions of a Rigid Rotor.

Errata to 2nd Printing of Angular Momentum.