TY  - BOOK
AU  - Coddens,Gerrit
TI  - From spinors to quantum mechanics
SN  - 9781783266364 (hardcover : alk. paper)
U1  - 530.12015122 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London
PB  - Imperial College Press
KW  - Group theory
KW  - Spinor analysis
KW  - Quantum theory
N1  - 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
N2  - 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.
ER  -