Classical and Quantum Dynamics
Author | : Walter Dittrich |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 551 |
Release | : 2020-02-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783030367862 |
ISBN-13 | : 303036786X |
Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Download or read book Classical and Quantum Dynamics written by Walter Dittrich and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graduate students seeking to become familiar with advanced computational strategies in classical and quantum dynamics will find in this book both the fundamentals of a standard course and a detailed treatment of the time-dependent oscillator, Chern-Simons mechanics, the Maslov anomaly and the Berry phase, to name just a few topics. Well-chosen and detailed examples illustrate perturbation theory, canonical transformations and the action principle, and demonstrate the usage of path integrals. The sixth edition has been enlarged to include the Heisenberg-Euler Lagrangian, Schwinger’s source theory treatment of the low-energy π-ρ-N physics and general relativity, where Riemann’s (Einstein’s) ideas on space and time and their philosophical implications are discussed.