Classical and quantum dynamics
Subtitle: from classical paths to path integrals
By: Walter Dittrich, Martin Reuter.
Contributors: Reuter, Martin, 1958-
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: Advanced texts in physics,
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
Subjects: Quantum theory; Nonlinear theories; Hamiltonian systems; Path integrals
Description: Graduate students who want to become familiar with advanced computational strategies in classical and quantum dynamics will find here 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, together with many worked examples throughout the text. This new edition has been revised and enlarged with chapters on the action principle in classical electrodynamics, on the functional derivative approach, and on computing traces.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references  (p. [381]-382) and index.
Originally published: Classical and quantum dynamics. 2nd corr. and enl. ed. Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, c1994.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction; title: 1. The Action Principles in Mechanics; title: 2. The Action Principle in Classical Electrodynamics; title: 3. Application of the Action Principles; title: 4. Jacobi Fields, Conjugate Points; title: 5. Canonical Transformations; title: 6. The Hamilton-Jacobi Equation; title: 7. Action-Angle Variables; title: 8. The Adiabatic Invariance of the Action Variables; title: 9. Time-Independent Canonical Perturbation Theory; title: 10. Canonical Perturbation Theory with Several Degrees of Freedom; title: 11. Canonical Adiabatic Theory; title: 12. Removal of Resonances; title: 13. Superconvergent Perturbation Theory, KAM Theorem (Introduction); title: 14. Poincare Surface of Sections, Mappings; title: 15. The KAM Theorem; title: 16. Fundamental Principles of Quantum Mechanics; title: 17. Functional Derivative Approach; title: 18. Examples for Calculating Path Integrals; title: 19. Direct Evaluation of Path Integrals; title: 20. Linear Oscillator with Time-Dependent Frequency; title: 21. Propagators for Particles in an External Magnetic Field; title: 22. Simple Applications of Propagator Functions; title: 23. The WKB Approximation; title: 24. Computing the trace; title: 25. Partition Function for the Harmonic Oscillator; title: 26. Introduction to Homotopy Theory; title: 27. Classical Chem-Simons Mechanics; title: 28. Semiclassical Quantization; title: 29. The "Maslov Anomaly" for the Harmonic Oscillator; title: 30. Maslov Anomaly and the Morse Index Theorem; title: 31. Berry's Phase; title: 32. Classical Analogues to Berry's Phase; title: 33. Berry Phase and Parametric Harmonic Oscillator; title: 34. Topological Phases in Planar Electrodynamics; title: References; title: Index.