Colombo L. Atomic and Molecular Physics. A primer 2019 torrent

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This book is a self-contained undergraduate textbook in solid state physics. Most excellent existing textbooks in this area are aimed at advanced students and/or have an encyclopaedic content, therefore, they are often overwhelmingly difficult and/or too wide for undergraduates. On the contrary, this book is designed to accompany a one-semester, second or third-year course aimed at a tutorial introduction to solid state physics.
The book is highly accessible and focuses on a selected set of topics (basically, the physics of phonons and electrons in crystals), whilst also providing substantial, in-depth coverage of the subject. Emphasis is given to the underlying physical basis or principle for each topic, although applications are covered when it is possible to link them to fundamental physical concepts in a simple way.
The author has taught undergraduate condensed matter physics for 17 years, and the book is based on this experience. Various pedagogical features are used in each chapter, including conceptual layout sections (defining the syllabus of each chapter), extensive use of figures (used to illustrate concepts, or to sketch experimental setups, or to present paradigmatic results) and highlights on the most important equations, definitions, and concepts.
Key Features
Fills a gap for a self-contained undergraduate textbook in solid state physics
Tailored for a one-semester course
Focuses on a selected set of topics (basically, the physics of phonons and electrons in crystals), whilst also providing substantial, in-depth coverage of the subject
Emphasises phenomenology rather than mathematics/formalism
Uses various pedagogical features, including end-of-chapter exercises with solutions
Preliminary concepts
The overall picture
Essential quantum mechanics
Atomic physics
One-electron atoms
Interaction of one-electron atoms with radiation
Multi-electron atoms
Molecular physics
Molecules: general features
Molecular vibrations and rotations
Electronic structure of molecules
Concluding remarks
What is missing in this ‘Primer’
Appendices
A The formal solution of the Schrödinger equation
B The spin–orbit interaction energy in hydrogenic atoms
C The hyperfine structure in hydrogenic atoms
D The ‘minimal coupling’ scheme
E Screening effects in He atom
F The Thomas–Fermi method
G The formal proof of the Born–Oppenheimer approximation
H The one-dimensional quantum harmonic oscillator