Classical and Quantum Dynamics From Classical Paths to Path Integrals / by Walter Dittrich, Martin Reuter.

Graduate students who wish 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...

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Main Authors: Dittrich, Walter (Author), Reuter, Martin (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:5th ed. 2017.
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505 0 |a 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 -- Poincaré 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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