From spinors to quantum mechanics / Gerrit Coddens.
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TextPublication details: London : Imperial College Press, ©2015.Description: xix, 383 p. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781783266364 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction --
2. Introduction to groups --
3. Spinors in the rotation group --
4. Spinors in the homogeneous Lorentz group --
5. The Dirac equation from scratch --
6. Towards a better understanding of quantum mechanics --
7. The hidden variables issue and the Bell inequalities --
8. Equivalence of the Bohr-Sommerfeld and Dirac theories for the hydrogen atom --
9. The problem of the electron spin within a magnetic field --
10. The double-slit experiment and the superposition principle --
11. A caveat about the limitations of group theory --
12. Spin and angular momentum as vector and bi-vector concepts --
Appendices.
From Spinors to Quantum Mechanics discusses group theory and its use in quantum mechanics. Chapters 1 to 4 offer an introduction to group theory, and it provides the reader with an exact and clear intuition of what a spinor is, showing that spinors are just a mathematically complete notation for group elements.
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