Operator Techniques in Atomic Spectroscopy by Brian R. Judd
Operator Techniques in Atomic Spectroscopy by Brian R. Judd
English | May 4, 1998 | ISBN: 0691059012 | 242 Pages | PDF | 9 MB
English | May 4, 1998 | ISBN: 0691059012 | 242 Pages | PDF | 9 MB
In the 1920s, when quantum mechanics was in its infancy, chemists and solid state physicists had little choice but to manipulate unwieldy equations to determine the properties of even the simplest molecules. When mathematicians turned their attention to the equations of quantum mechanics, they discovered that these could be expressed in terms of group theory, and from group theory it was a short step to operator methods.