Classical and Quantum Dynamics

Classical and Quantum Dynamics

From Classical Paths to Path Integrals

Reuter, Martin; Dittrich, Walter

Springer International Publishing AG

07/2018

489

Mole

Inglês

9783319863696

15 a 20 dias

771

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Introduction.- The Action Principles in Mechanics.- The Action Principle in Classical Electrodynamics.- Application of the Action Principles.- Jacobi Fields, Conjugate Points.-Canonical Transformations.- The Hamilton-Jacobi Equation.- Action-Angle Variables.- The Adiabatic Invariance of the Action Variables.- Time-Independent Canonical Perturbation Theory .- Canonical Perturbation Theory with Several Degrees of Freedom.- Canonical Adiabatic Theory.- Removal of Resonances.- Superconvergent Perturbation Theory, KAM Theorem.- Poincare Surface of Sections, Mappings.- The KAM Theorem.- Fundamental Principles of Quantum Mechanics.- Functional Derivative Approach.- Examples for Calculating Path Integrals.- Direct Evaluation of Path Integrals.- Linear Oscillator with Time-Dependent Frequency.- Propagators for Particles in an External Magnetic Field.- Simple Applications of Propagator Functions.- The WKB Approximation.- Computing the trace.- Partition Function for the Harmonic Oscillator.- Introduction to Homotopy Theory.- Classical Chern-Simons Mechanics.- Semiclassical Quantization.- The "Maslov Anomaly" for the Harmonic Oscillator.-Maslov Anomaly and the Morse Index Theorem.- Berry's Phase.- Classical Geometric Phases: Foucault and Euler.- Berry Phase and Parametric Harmonic Oscillator.- Topological Phases in Planar Electrodynamics.- Path Integral Formulation of Quantum Electrodynamics.- Particle in Harmonic E-Field E(t) = Esinw0t; Schwinger-Fock Proper-Time Method.- The Usefulness of Lie Brackets: From Classical and Quantum Mechanics to Quantum Electrodynamics.- Appendix.- Solutions.- Index.
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Action Angle Variable;Adiabatic Invariance Physics;Berry's Phase;Canonical Perturbation Theory;Hamilton Jacobi Equation;Introduction to Classical and Quantum Field Theory;Path Integral Physics;Schwinger Action Principle;Textbook Classical Dynamics;Textbook Quantum Dynamics;Textbook Quantum Mechanics;Topology Quantum Mechanics;Lie Brackets