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About electron radiation frequency in Heisenberg's 1925 paper
In Heisenberg's 1925 article Quantum Theoretical Interpretation of Kinematic and Mechanical Relations, one of the first things he establishes are the form of the frequency functions in (what I assume ...
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Article on 1D deformed quantum harmonic oscillator
Few years ago I was reading an article which I'm trying to find for quite some time but with no success so far. It was a paper about deformation of 1D quantum harmonic oscillator with continuous ...
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Looking for a reference in quantum mechanics treating Coulomb potential as Inverse of coordinate operator
Most textbooks in quantum mechanics handle the Coulomb problem by solving the Schrödinger equation directly in the coordinate representation.
Is there any book or reference that adopts a more formal ...
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English translation of Weyl's article "Quantenmechanik und Gruppentheorie"
Is there an English translation of Weyl's 1927 article Quantenmechanik und Gruppentheorie. Note tht I do not mean the book of the same name.
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Is Fermi's Nuclear Physics still relevant as an entry level textbook? [closed]
As a quantum/theoretical chemist, I am eager to broaden my understanding of quantum phenomena. Fermi's Nuclear Physics book from 1950 seems like an important text.
However, seing it is 70+ years old, ...
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Help in Finding a specific Quantum Mechanics Book with Minimal Formula
I'm reaching out to this wonderful community in the hopes that someone can assist me in identifying a particular book on the topic of quantum mechanics that I read nearly 25 years ago. Unfortunately, ...
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Where are generalized angular-momentum operators used in physics?
The usual angular-momentum operators we see in quantum mechanics describe the behavior of a complex-valued function on the sphere as we rotate about each of the three axes. In particular, we can ...
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Schuller Quantum Theory Problem Sheets
Does anyone have the problem sheets from Schuller's lectures "Lectures on Quantum Theory"? Or does anyone know a way how to obtain them? I tried emailing Schuller, but no reply.
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The Copenhagen Interpretation
What are the actual papers in which Bohr, Born, and others proposed the Copenhagen interpretation? I know that Bohr himself didn't use the term, but I assume that he outlined the way of understanding ...
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What are the dynamics of an atom and photon, as the atom absorbs the photon in the quantum mechanical picture?
Atoms can absorb photons, and when they do, an electron "orbiting" that atom moves up an energy level. I was wondering what the dynamics of this interaction was? Precisely how is the photon ...
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Who introduced the idea of Hilbert Spaces in physics?
I'm looking for the foundational paper / book that connected Quantum Mechanics and Hilbert spaces.
EDIT: I've just read the first chapter of Neumann's "Mathematical Foundations Of Quantum ...
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In which of Einstein's papers did he first propose interpreting square of light wave amplitude as probability of detecting photon? [closed]
In Max Born's Nobel lecture, he alludes to Einstein's proposed interpretation of EM wave amplitude (squared) as being the probability of detecting a photon: "Again an idea of Einstein’s gave me the ...
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Freshman-level presentation of quantum mechanics using decoherence?
Probably within the last year, I came across a recent textbook or textbook-style presentation of quantum mechanics, at the freshman level, that introduced the subject from scratch using decoherence. I ...
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Translation of Heisenberg's papers
Is there any English translation for he following Heisenberg's paper?
"Mehrkörperproblem und Resonanz in der Quantenmechanik", Zeitschrift für Physik, Volume 38, Issue 6-7, pp. 411-426. Publication ...
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Applet mentioned in Griffiths' Quantum Mechanics
In the book Introduction to Quantum Mechanics by David J Griffiths, a applet was mentioned in footnote 7 to better understand Example 2.1:
${}^7$This is nicely illustrated by an applet at the ...