Classical and Quantum Dynamics: From Classical Paths to Path Integrals

Dittrich, Walter; Reuter, Martin

Graduate students seeking to become familiar with advanced computational strategies in classical and quantum dynamics will find in this book both the fundamentals of a standard course and a detailed treatment of the time-dependent oscillator, Chern-Simons mechanics, the Maslov anomaly and the Berry phase, to name just a few topics. Well-chosen and detailed examples illustrate perturbation theory, canonical transformations and the action principle, and demonstrate the usage of path integrals.

The sixth edition has been enlarged to include the Heisenberg-Euler Lagrangian, Schwinger’s source theory treatment of the low-energy π-ρ-N physics and general relativity, where Riemann’s (Einstein’s) ideas on space and time and their philosophical implications are discussed.  

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2020-02-07

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030367855

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-36786-2

Dimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm

Pages: 563.0