Quantum Mechanics : A Textbook For Undergraduates

The book is written specifically as a textbook for the
undergraduates in physics. Students of engineering
and chemistry will also find this book very useful to
get a basic understanding of quantum mechanics.
It is an attempt to fill the gap between the available
Quantum Mechanics books which are written mainly
for the postgraduate students, and the ones on
modern physics, which give a rather incomplete
treatment of quantum mechanics leaving out many
mathematical and conceptual details.
The book is written in an easy-to-understand style so
that the student gets a good grasp of the funda-
mental principles as well as of basic mathematical
structures.
It starts with Planck's quantum hypothesis and takes
the student along gently through the new concepts and ideas, at a pace at which they feel comfortable
and can enjoy this wonderful subject.
A large number of solved problems, exercises and
review questions are given at the end of each
chapter, making the book self-sufficient in preparing
for the examination.

Table of Contents
Preface. Historical Introduction. Particle
Nature of Radiation: The Origin of Quantum Theory.
Atoms and the Bohr Model. Wave Nature of Matter
and the Need for a Wave Function. Wave Packets and
the Uncertainty Principle. The Schr dinger Equation.
Particle in a Potential Well. Scattering of Particles by
Barriers and Wells. The Linear Harmonic Oscillator.
The Formal Structure of Quantum Mechanics. Orbital
Angular Momentum is Quantum Mechanics. Spheri-
cally Symmetric Potentials and Hydrogenic Atoms.
Atomic Structure I: One-Electron Atoms. Atomic
Structure II: Many-Electron Atoms. Appendices—A:
The Fourier Transform. B: The Dirac Delta Function.
Suggested Further Reading. Index.