Table of Contents

The appeal of physics.- A quantum phenomenon.- Wave function, Schrödinger equation.- Physical quantities.- Energy quantization.- Principles of quantum mechanics.- Two-state systems.- Algebra of observables.- Approximation methods.- Angular momentum.- The Hydrogen Atom.- Spin 1/2.- Addition of angular momenta.- Identical particles, the Pauli Principle.- Lorentz force in quantum mechanics.- The evolution of systems.- Entangled states. The way of paradoxes.- Solutions to the exercises.

About the Author

A graduate of the Ecole Normale Superieure, Jean-Louis Basdevant is Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics at the Ecole Polytechnique, and Director of Research for the CNRS. Specializing in the theoretical physics of elementary particles, quantum field theory and astrophysics, Prof. Basdevant works in the Leprince-Ringuet Laboratory at the Ecole Polytechnique.