Quantum Mechanics and Electrodynamics

Offers solution strategies for hydrogen and helium atoms without solving the Schroedinger equation
Broadens the reader's understanding of the Feynman diagram and its origins
Discusses bound states from the perspective of quantum electrodynamics
Elaborates on the unique features of positronium

Offers algebraic solution for hydrogen and helium atoms Broadens the reader's understanding of the Feynman diagram and its origins Discusses bound states from the perspective of quantum electrodynamics Elaborates on the unique features of positronium

Autorentext
Jaroslav Zamastil is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Physics and Optics at Charles University in Prague. He has published a number of articles in the fields of mathematical and atomic physics.
Jakub Benda is a PhD student of theoretical physics at Charles University in Prague.

Inhalt
Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Notation, Convention, Units, and Experimental Data.- List of Exercises.-1 Foundations of Quantum Mechanics.- 2 Approximate Methods in Quantum Mechanics.- 3 Hydrogen Atom Structure and its Spectral Lines.- 4 Treasures Hidden in Commutators.- 5 The Helium Atom.- 6 Dynamics: The Non-Relativistic Theory.- 7 Dynamics: The Relativistic Theory.- Afterword.- Appendix.- Index.