Kurt Gottfried

A splendid review of subnuclear phenomena ... Physicists of all stripes have reason to look forward to Volume II with considerable enthusiasm.'___ Physics Today .

Quantum mechanics was already an old and solidly established subject when the first edition of this book appeared in 1966. The context in which a graduate text on quantum mechanics is studied today has changed a good deal, however. In 1966, most entering physics graduate students had a quite limited exposure to quan­ tum mechanics in the form of wave mechanics. Today the standard undergraduate curriculum contains a large dose of elementary quantum mechanics, and often intro­ duces the abstract formalism due to Dirac. Back then, the study of the foundations by theorists and experimenters was close to dormant, and very few courses spent any time whatever on this topic. At that very time, however, John Bell's famous theorem broke the ice, and there has been a great flowering ever since, especially in the laboratory thanks to the development of quantum optics, and more recently because of the interest in quantum computing. And back then, the Feynman path integral was seen by most as a very imaginative but rather useless formulation of quantum mechanics, whereas it now plays a large role in statistical physics and quantum field theory, especially in computational work. For these and other reasons, this book is not just a revision of the 1966 edition. It has been rewritten throughout, is differently organized, and goes into greater depth on many topics that were in the old edition.

Elucidates basic and well-established concepts of particle physics to those who do not have the sophisticated training in mathematics and physics that is habitually expected of students of this subject.

The second volume of this authoritative work traces the material outlined in the first, but in far greater detail and with a much higher degree of sophistication. The authors begin with the theory of the electromagnetic interaction, and then consider hadronic structure, exploring the accuracy of the quark model by examining the excited states of baryons and mesons. They introduce the color variable as a prelude to the development of quantum chromodynamics, the theory of the strong interaction, and go on to discuss the electroweak interaction--the broken symmetry of which they explain by the Higgs mechanism--and conclude with a consideration of grand unification theories.

Brand New

This classic text provides a comprehensive exposition of the concepts and techniques of quantum mechanics. The phenomena treated are sufficiently simple to allow the student to readily assess the validity of the models so that attention is not deflected from the heart of the subject. To that end, the book concentrates on systems that can either be solved exactly or be handled by well-controlled, plausible approximations. With few exceptions, this means systems with a small number of degrees of freedom. The exceptions are many—electron atoms, the electromagnetic field and the Dirac equation. The inclusion of the last two topics reflects the belief that every physicist should now have some knowledge of these cornerstones of modern physics.

Was bringt Supervision in der Psychiatrie? Wem nützt sie und wie effizient ist sie wirklich? Welche Grundberufe und Zusatzausbildungen haben die SupervisorInnen, die in den Psychiatrischen Kliniken Supervision anbieten? Ist die Supervision als Beratungsformat für Psychiatrische Kliniken und ihre multidisziplinären Teams geeignet? Welche Supervisionsform ist für Psychiatrische Kliniken die bessere? Ist die Supervision hilfreich bei der Therapieplanung? Ist sie ein geeignetes Instrument um Therapieprozesse kurativ und palliativ zu begleiten? Welche Gefahren und Risiken birgt Supervision für die Pflegeteams und die Patienten in Psychiatrischen Kliniken? Wie wird Supervision von den multidisziplinären Teams wahrgenommen? Was macht eine gute Supervisorin, einen guten Supervisor in der Psychiatrie aus? Kann Supervision Burnout vermeiden helfen? Ist die Supervision in der Psychiatrie ein hilfreiches Instrument um Entlastung, Stressreduktion, verbesserte Kommunikationsabläufe und therapeutische Reflexionsprozesse zu gewährleisten und zu begleiten? Der Autor hat diese und andere Fragen zur Wirkung von Supervision in Psychiatrischen Kliniken in einer europäischen Multicenterstudie untersucht und kommt zu erstaunlichen Ergebnissen.

This book provides some answers to the questions of how to pursue the build-down of the East-West military confrontation in Europe and of how to build up an enduring and effective security system for Europe. It is the result of a three year study of European security affairs.

This book provides some answers to the questions of how to pursue the build-down of the East-West military confrontation in Europe and of how to build up an enduring and effective security system for Europe. It is the result of a three year study of European security affairs.

This book contains discussions of radiation theory, quantum statistics and the many-body problem, and more advanced topics in collision theory. It is intended as a text for a first-year graduate quantum mechanics course.

Book by Gottfried, Kurt, Bracken, Paul