Index

$\cdot$
C.
$\times$
C.
$\strut''!$
C.
$\strut''\vert$
C.
$\strut''\vert\ldots\rangle$
C.
$\langle\ldots\strut''\vert$
C.
$\uparrow$
C.
$\downarrow$
C.
$\sum$
1.3 | C.
$\int$
C.
$\to$
C.
$\vec{\phantom{a}}$
C.
$\widehat{\phantom{a}}$
C.
$'$
C.
$\nabla$
C.
$^*$
C.
$<$
C.
$\langle\ldots\rangle$
C.
$>$
C.
$[\ldots]$
C.
$\equiv$
C.
$\sim$
C.
$\propto$
C.
$\alpha$
C.
$\beta$
C.
$\Gamma$
C.
$\gamma$
C.
$\Delta$
C.
$\delta$
C.
$\partial$
C.
$\epsilon$
C.
$\epsilon_0$
C.
$\varepsilon$
C.
$\eta$
C.
$\Theta$
C.
$\theta$
C.
$\vartheta$
C.
$\kappa$
C.
$\lambda$
C.
$\mu$
C.
$\nu$
C.
$\xi$
C.
$\pi$
C.
$\rho$
C.
$\sigma$
C.
$\tau$
C.
21 cm line
derivation
10.1.6.4
intro
10.1.6
$\Phi$
C.
$\phi$
C.
$\varphi$
C.
$\chi$
C.
$\Psi$
C.
$\psi$
C.
$\omega$
C.
$F$
C.
$A$
C.
Å
C.
$a$
C.
$a_0$
C.
absolute value
1.1
absolute zero
nonzero energy
2.6.3
requires ground state
8.1
absorption
incoherent radiation
5.3.9
single weak wave
5.3.8
absorptivity
8.14.5
acceleration
in quantum mechanics
5.1.8
action
A.3.3
relativistic
see special relativity
activation energy
radicals
4.2.6
adiabatic
disambiguation
C.
quantum mechanics
5.1.9
thermodynamics
8.10
adiabatic surfaces
6.2.3
adiabatic theorem
derivation and implications
A.37
intro
5.1.9
adjoint
C.
matrices
C.
Aharonov-Bohm effect
9.3
Airy functions
application
A.45
connection formulae
A.47
graphs
A.47
software
A.45
alpha
see $\alpha$
ammonia molecule
4.3
amplitude
quantum
2.1
angle
C.
angular frequency
5.5.4
angular momentum
3.1
addition
9.1.6
Clebsch-Gordan coefficients
9.1.6
intro
5.3.6
advanced treatment
9.1
component
3.1.2
eigenfunctions
3.1.2
eigenvalues
3.1.2
conservation
5.3.6
definition
3.1.1
fundamental commutation relations
as an axiom
9.1.1
intro
3.4.4
ladder operators
9.1.2
ladders
9.1.2
normalization factors
9.1.4
operator
Cartesian
3.1.1
possible values
9.1.3
spin
4.4
square angular momentum
3.1.3
eigenfunctions
3.1.3
eigenvalues
3.1.3
symmetry and conservation
5.2
triangle inequality
intro
5.3.6
uncertainty
3.1.4
anomalous magnetic moment
9.6
anti-bonding
7.5
anticommutator
10.2.2.1
antisymmetrization requirement
4.6
graphical depiction
8.2
indistinguishable particles
8.2
number of terms
4.7
using groupings
4.7
using occupation numbers
10.2.1
using Slater determinants
4.7
atomic number
4.9
atoms
eigenfunctions
4.9.2
eigenvalues
4.9.2
ground state
4.9.3
Hamiltonian
4.9.1
average
versus expectation value
3.3.1
Avogadro's number
C.
azimuthal quantum number
3.1.3
$B$
C.
$b$
C.
Balmer transitions
3.2.3
band gap
7.3
band structure
crossing bands
7.5
intro
7.3
nearly-free electrons
7.8
widely spaced atoms
7.4.2
baryon
4.4
basis
C.
crystal
see lattice, basis
spin states
4.5.6
vectors or functions
1.6
bcc
see lattice
Bell's theorem
11.2
cheat
11.2
benzene molecular ring
4.3
Berry's phase
A.37.2
Bessel functions
spherical
A.48.1
beta
see $\beta$
binding energy
definition
3.5.6
hydrogen molecular ion
3.5.6
hydrogen molecule
4.2.6
lithium hydride
4.3
Biot-Savart law
9.5.5
derivation
A.93.8
blackbody radiation
8.14.5
intro
7.9
blackbody spectrum
8.14.5
Bloch function
free electron gas
7.6.6
nearly-free electrons
7.8
one-dimensional lattice
7.4.5
three-dimensional lattice
7.4.11
Bloch's theorem
7.4.5
body-centered cubic
see lattice
Bohm
EPR experiment
11.2
Bohr energies
3.2.3
relativistic corrections
10.1.6
Bohr magneton
9.6
Bohr radius
3.2.4
Boltzmann constant
C.
Boltzmann factor
8.5
bond
covalent
4.11.1
hydrogen
4.11.3
ionic
4.11.5
pi
4.11.2
polar
4.11.3
sigma
4.11.1
Van der Waals
7.1
bond length
definition
3.5.6
hydrogen molecular ion
3.5.7
hydrogen molecule
4.2.6
Born
approximation
A.48.2
series
A.48.3
Born statistical interpretation
2.1
Born-Oppenheimer approximation
basic idea
6.2.2
derivation
6.2
diagonal correction
A.53
hydrogen molecular ion
3.5.1
hydrogen molecule
4.2.1
include nuclear motion
6.2.3
relation to adiabatic theorem
5.1.9
spin degeneracy
A.52
vibronic coupling terms
A.53
Bose-Einstein condensation
derivation
8.14.1
intro
7.9
superfluidity
7.9 | A.64
Bose-Einstein distribution
7.9
blackbody radiation
7.9 | 8.14.5
canonical probability
8.5
for given energy
8.4
identify chemical potential
8.13
bosons
4.4
statistics
7.9
symmetrization requirement
4.6
bound states
hydrogen
energies
3.2.3
boundary conditions
acceptable singularity
A.10
hydrogen atom
A.17
across delta function potential
A.45
at infinity
harmonic oscillator
A.12
hydrogen atom
A.17
impenetrable wall
2.5.4
radiation
A.45
accelerating potential
A.45
three-dimensional
A.48
unbounded potential
A.45
bra
1.3 | C.
Bragg diffraction
electrons
7.10.3
Bragg planes
Brillouin fragment boundaries
7.4.11
energy singularities
7.8.2
one-dimensional (Bragg points)
7.4.7
X-ray diffraction
7.10.3
Bragg’s law
7.10.3
Brillouin zone
one-dimensional
7.4.7
three-dimensional
7.4.11
$^\circ$C
C.
$C$
C.
$c$
C.
canonical commutation relation
3.4.3
canonical Hartree-Fock equations
6.3.4
canonical momentum
see special relativity
intro
5.1.10
with a magnetic field
9.3
canonical probability distribution
8.5
Carnot cycle
8.9
cat, Schrödinger’s
11.1
Cauchy-Schwartz inequality
C.
charge
electrostatics
9.5.1
chemical bonds
4.11
covalent pi bonds
4.11.2
covalent sigma bonds
4.11.1
hybridization
4.11.4
ionic bonds
4.11.5
polar covalent bonds
4.11.3
promotion
4.11.4
sp$^n$ hybridization
4.11.4
chemical equilibrium
constant pressure
8.12
constant volume
8.12
chemical potential
7.9 | 8.12
and distributions
8.13
microscopic
8.13
chi
see $\chi$
classical
C.
Clausius-Clapeyron equation
8.12
Clebsch-Gordan coefficients
9.1.6
coefficient of performance
8.9
coefficients of eigenfunctions
evaluating
2.6.6
give probabilities
2.4.2
time variation
5.1.1
collapse of the wave function
2.4.1
collision-dominated regime
5.3.9
collisionless regime
5.3.8
color force
gluon exchange
intro
5.1.5
commutation relation
canonical
3.4.3
commutator
3.4
definition
3.4.2
commutator eigenvalue problems
9.1.2
commuting operators
3.4.1
common eigenfunctions
3.4.1
complete set
1.6
complex conjugate
1.1
complex numbers
1.1
component waves
5.5.2
components of a vector
1.2
conduction band
7.3
conduction of electricity
intro
7.3
confined electrons
7.6
confinement
2.5.9 | 7.6.5
density of states
7.6.5
connection formulae
A.47 | A.47
conservation laws
and symmetries
5.2
conventional cell
7.4.11
Copenhagen Interpretation
2.4.1
correlation energy
6.3.5.4
cos
C.
Coulomb integrals
6.3.3
Coulomb potential
3.2.1
covalent bond
hydrogen molecular ion
3.5
covalent solids
7.5
creationists
A.73
cross product
C.
crystal
lattice
see lattice
one-dimensional
primitive translation vector
7.4.5
three-dimensional
primitive vectors
7.4.11
curl
C.
${\rm d}$
C.
$d$
C. | C.
$\vec d$
C. | C.
Darwin term
10.1.6.1
Debye model
8.14.6
Debye temperature
7.10.1 | 8.14.6
degeneracy
2.6.5
degeneracy pressure
7.6 | 7.6.4
Delta
see $\Delta$ | see $\delta$
delta function
5.4.1
three-dimensional
5.4.1
density
mass
8.7
molar
8.7
particle
8.7
density of states
7.6.5
derivative
C.
determinant
C.
diamagnetic contribution
9.6
diamond
band gap
7.5
differential cross-section
A.48
dipole
9.5.2
dipole strength
molecules
7.1
Dirac delta function
5.4.1
Dirac equation
9.2
Dirac notation
1.7.1
dispersion relation
5.5.4
div
C.
divergence theorem
C. | C.
dot product
1.3
doublet states
4.5.6
dynamic phase
A.37.2
$E$
C.
$e$
C.
effective mass
hydrogen atom electron
3.2.1
Ehrenfest theorem
5.1.8
$e^{{\rm i}a x}$
C.
eigenfunction
1.5
eigenfunctions
angular momentum component
3.1.2
atoms
4.9.2
free electron gas
7.6.3
harmonic oscillator
2.6.4
hydrogen atom
3.2.4
linear momentum
5.4.2
position
5.4.1
square angular momentum
3.1.3
eigenvalue
1.5
eigenvalue problems
commutator type
9.1.2
ladder operators
9.1.2
eigenvalues
angular momentum component
3.1.2
atoms
4.9.2
free electron gas
7.6.3
harmonic oscillator
2.6.3
hydrogen atom
3.2.3
linear momentum
5.4.2
position
5.4.1
square angular momentum
3.1.3
eigenvector
1.5 | C.
Einstein
dice
2.4.2
mass-energy relation
see special relativity
summation convention
A.4.7
swiped special relativity
A.4.1
Einstein A and B coefficients
5.3.9
Einstein's derivation
5.3.10
Einstein A coefficients
quantum derivation
10.2.4
Einstein B coefficients
quantum derivation
A.42
Einstein Podolski Rosen
11.2
electric charge
electron and proton
3.2.1
electric dipole transitions
intro
5.3.4
selection rules
see selection@ rules
electric potential
classical derivation
emph
9.4 | A.93.1
quantum derivation
emph
9.3
relativistic derivation
emph
A.4.10
electric quadrupole transitions
Hamiltonian
A.40
intro
5.3.5
selection rules
see selection rules
electricity
conduction
intro
7.3
electromagnetic field
energy
10.2.3.1
Hamiltonian
9.3
Maxwell's equations
9.4
quantized
10.2.3.2
electromagnetic potentials
gauge transformation
A.4.10
electromagnetic waves
quantized
10.2.3.4
electron
in magnetic field
9.6
electron affinity
7.2
Hartree-Fock
6.3.5.1
electronegativity
4.9.4 | 7.2
atoms
4.9.4
emission of radiation
5.3.2
emissivity
8.14.5
energy conservation
5.1.3
energy spectrum
free electron gas
7.6.3
harmonic oscillator
2.6.3
hydrogen atom
3.2.3
energy-time uncertainty relation
decay of a state
emph
5.1.6
Mandelshtam-Tamm version
5.1.7
enthalpy
8.7
enthalpy of vaporization
8.12
entropy
8.10
descriptive
8.8
EPR
11.2
epsilon
see $\epsilon$, $\varepsilon$
equipartition theorem
7.10.1
eta
see $\eta$
Euler formula
1.1
eV
C.
Everett, III
11.5
every possible combination
4.1 | 4.5.1
exchange force mechanism
and two-state systems
5.1.5
exchange integrals
6.3.3
exchange operator
4.2.6
exchange terms
see twilight terms
excited determinants
6.3.5.4
exclusion principle
4.7
exclusion-principle repulsion
4.10
expectation value
3.3
definition
3.3.2
simplified expression
3.3.3
versus average
3.3.1
exponential function
C.
exponential of an operator
5.1.10
extended zone scheme
7.7.2
extensive variable
8.7
$f$
C.
face centered cubic
see lattice
factorial
C.
fcc
see lattice
Fermi surface
confined boundary conditions
7.6.3
periodic boundary conditions
7.7.2
periodic zone scheme
7.7.2
reduced zone scheme
7.7.2
Fermi temperature
8.14.2
Fermi-Dirac distribution
7.9
canonical probability
8.5
for given energy
8.4
identify chemical potential
8.13
fermions
4.4
antisymmetrization requirement
4.6
statistics
7.9
Feynman diagrams
A.48.3
field operators
10.2.5
filled shells
9.1.8
filtering property
5.4.1
fine structure
10.1.6
hydrogen atom
10.1.6
fine structure constant
10.1.6
first law of thermodynamics
8.1 | 8.7
flopping frequency
9.8.4
Floquet theory
7.4.5
Fock operator
6.3.4
Fock state
10.2.1
forbidden transitions
5.3.4
force
in quantum mechanics
5.1.8
four-vectors
see special relativity
Fourier analysis
7.4.6
Fourier coefficients
A.5
Fourier integral
A.5
Fourier series
A.5
Fourier transform
5.5.4 | A.5
free electron gas
7.6
Bloch function
7.6.6
eigenfunctions
7.6.3
eigenvalues
7.6.3
energy spectrum
7.6.3
ground state
7.6.3
Hamiltonian
7.6.1
function
1.2 | 1.2 | C.
functional
C.
fundamental commutation relations
as an axiom
9.1.1
orbital angular momentum
3.4.4
spin
introduction
4.5.3
$g$
C. | C.
$g$-factor
9.6
Galilean transformation
A.4.3
Gamma
see $\Gamma$ | see $\gamma$
gamma function
C.
gauge transformation
electromagnetic potentials
A.4.10
Gauss' theorem
C.
generalized coordinates
A.3.2
intro
5.1.10
generator of rotations
5.2
geometric phase
A.37.2
Gibbs free energy
8.12
microscopic
8.13
grad
C.
gradient
C.
grain
7.4.1
grain boundaries
7.4.1
Green's function
Laplacian
9.5.4
ground state
atoms
4.9.3
free electron gas
7.6.3
harmonic oscillator
2.6.4
hydrogen atom
3.2.3 | 3.2.4
hydrogen molecular ion
3.5.7
hydrogen molecule
4.2.6 | 4.5.5 | 4.6
nonzero energy
2.6.3
group property
coordinate system rotations
A.88
Lorentz transform
A.4.8
group theory
5.2
group velocity
5.5.4
intro
5.5.3
gyromagnetic ratio
9.6
$h$
C. | C.
half-life
excited atoms
5.3.10
Hamiltonian
2.3
and physical symmetry
5.2
atoms
4.9.1
classical
A.3.4
electromagnetic field
9.3
free electron gas
7.6.1
gives time variation
5.1.1
harmonic oscillator
2.6.1
partial
2.6.2
hydrogen atom
3.2.1
hydrogen molecular ion
3.5.1
hydrogen molecule
4.2.1
in matrix form
4.8
numbering of eigenfunctions
2.3
one-dimensional free space
5.5.1
relativistic, non quantum
A.4.10
Hamiltonian dynamics
relation to Heisenberg picture
5.1.10
Hamiltonian perturbation coefficients
10.1.1
Hankel functions
spherical
A.48.1
harmonic oscillator
2.6
classical frequency
2.6
eigenfunctions
2.6.4
eigenvalues
2.6.3
energy spectrum
2.6.3
ground state
2.6.4
Hamiltonian
2.6.1
partial Hamiltonian
2.6.2
particle motion
5.6.4
Hartree product
4.7 | 6.3.1
Hartree-Fock
6.3
Coulomb integrals
6.3.3
exchange integrals
6.3.3
restricted
closed shell
6.3.1
open shell
6.3.1
unrestricted
6.3.1
$\hbar$
C.
heat
8.7
Heisenberg
uncertainty principle
2.2
uncertainty relationship
3.4.3
helium ionization energy
10.1.2
Hellmann-Feynman theorem
10.1.1
Helmholtz equation
A.48.2
Green's function solution
A.48.2
Helmholtz free energy
8.12
microscopic
8.13
Hermitian matrices
C.
Hermitian operators
1.6
hidden variables
2.4.2 | 11.2
hidden versus nonexisting
3.1.4
hieroglyph
7.10.2 | 10.1.6.3
holes
in shells
9.1.8
Hund's rules
7.10.2
hybridization
4.11.4
hydrogen atom
3.2
eigenfunctions
3.2.4
eigenvalues
3.2.3
energy spectrum
3.2.3
ground state
3.2.3 | 3.2.4
Hamiltonian
3.2.1
relativistic corrections
10.1.6
hydrogen bonds
4.11.3 | 7.1
hydrogen molecular ion
3.5
bond length
3.5.7
experimental binding energy
3.5.7
ground state
3.5.7
Hamiltonian
3.5.1
shared states
3.5.4
hydrogen molecule
4.2
binding energy
4.2.6
bond length
4.2.6
ground state
4.2.6 | 4.5.5 | 4.6
Hamiltonian
4.2.1
hyperfine splitting
10.1.6
${\rm i}$
1.1 | 1.2 | C. | C.
inverse
1.1
$i$
C. | C.
${\cal I}$
C.
ideal gas
quantum derivation
8.14.4
thermodynamic properties
8.12
ideal gas law
8.14.4
ideal magnetic dipole
9.5.2
identical particles
4.6
iff
1.3 | C.
imaginary part
1.1
impact parameter
A.48
incompressibility
emph
7.6.4
index notation
C.
indistinguishable particles
8.2
inner product
multiple variables
1.7.2
inner product of functions
1.3
inner product of vectors
1.3
insulated system
8.10
integer
C.
intelligent designers
A.73
intensive variable
8.7
internal energy
8.7
interpretation
interpretations
2.4.1
many worlds
11.5
orthodox
2.4
relative state
11.4
statistical
2.4
inverse
C.
inversion operator
see parity | 5.3.7
ionic bonds
4.11.5
ionic molecules
7.2
ionic solids
7.2
ionization
3.2.3
ionization energy
7.2
atoms
4.9.4
Hartree-Fock
6.3.5.1
helium
10.1.2
hydrogen atom
3.2.3
iso
C.
isolated
C.
isolated system
8.10
$j$
C. | C.
K
C.
$k$
C. | C.
kappa
see $\kappa$
$k_B$
C.
ket
1.3 | C.
ket notation
spherical harmonics
3.1.3
spin states
4.4
kinetic energy
operator
2.3
kinetic energy operator
in spherical coordinates
3.2.1
Klein-Gordon equation
9.2
kmol
C.
Koopman's theorem
6.3.5.1
Kramers relation
A.102
L
C.
$L$
C.
$l$
C. | C.
$\ell$
C.
ladder operators
angular momentum
9.1.2
Lagrangian
relativistic
A.4.10
simplest case
A.3.1
Lagrangian mechanics
A.3
Lagrangian multipliers
derivations
A.50
for variational statements
6.1.3
Lamb shift
10.1.6 | 10.1.6.3
lambda
see $\lambda$
Landé $g$-factor
10.1.6.2
Laplace equation
A.93.2
Laplacian
C.
Larmor frequency
definition
9.8.2
Larmor precession
9.8.3
laser
5.3.2
latent heat of vaporization
8.12
lattice
7.2
basis
7.2
diamond
7.5
lithium
7.4.1
NaCl
7.2
bcc
7.4.1 | 7.4.1
diamond
7.5
fcc
7.2
lithium
7.4.1
NaCl
7.2
one-dimensional
7.4.2
primitive translation vector
7.4.5
reciprocal
lithium
7.4.11
NaCl
7.4.11
one-dimensional
7.4.7
primitive vectors
7.4.11
three-dimensional
7.4.11
three-dimensional
primitive vectors
7.4.11
unit cell
7.2
bcc
7.4.1
fcc
7.2
law of Dulong and Petit
7.10.1
Lebesgue integration
A.43
length of a vector
1.3
Lennard-Jones potential
7.1
Casimir-Polder
7.1
lifetime
excited atom
5.3.10
light waves
classical
9.4
light-cone
see special relativity
$\lim$
C.
linear combination
C.
linear momentum
classical
2.2
eigenfunctions
5.4.2
eigenvalues
5.4.2
operator
2.3
symmetry and conservation
5.2
localization
absence of
5.5.2
London forces
7.1
Casimir-Polder
7.1
Lorentz factor
A.4.2
Lorentz transformation
see special relativity
Lorentz-Fitzgerald
see special relativity
luminosity
A.48
Lyman transitions
3.2.3
M
C.
$M$
C.
$m$
C.
$m_e$
C.
$m_n$
C.
$m_p$
C.
Madelung constant
7.2
magnetic dipole moment
9.6
magnetic dipole transitions
Hamiltonian
A.40
intro
5.3.5
selection rules
see selection rules
magnetic quantum number
3.1.2
magnetic spin anomaly
9.6
magnetic vector potential
classical derivation
A.93.7
in the Dirac equation
A.95
quantum derivation
9.3
relativistic derivation
A.4.10
magnitude
1.1
maser
ammonia
4.3
mass-energy relation
see special relativity
Dirac equation
emph
9.2
fine-structure
emph
10.1.6.1
need for quantum field theory
10.2
matching regions
A.47
mathematicians
A.4.7 | A.58
matrix
1.4 | C.
maximum principle
Laplace equation
A.93.2
Maxwell relations
8.12
Maxwell's equations
9.4
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
7.9
canonical probability
8.5
for given energy
8.4
mean value property
Laplace equation
A.93.2
measurable values
2.4.1
measurement
2.4.1
meson
4.4
metals
7.4
method of stationary phase
A.44
metric prefixes
C.
mole
8.7
molecular mass
8.7
molecular solids
7.1
molecules
ionic
7.2
momentum space wave function
5.4.2
moving mass
seespecial relativity
A.4.2
mu
see $\mu$
multipole expansion
9.5.3
N
C.
$N$
C.
$n$
C.
nabla
C.
natural
C.
nearly free electron model
7.8
Neumann functions
spherical
A.48.1
Newton's second law
in quantum mechanics
5.1.8
Newtonian analogy
2.3
Maxwellian analogy
10.2.3.2
Newtonian mechanics
2.1
in quantum mechanics
5.1.8
noble gas
4.9.3
noncanonical Hartree-Fock equations
A.58
nonexisting versus hidden
3.1.4
nonholonomic
A.37.2
norm of a function
1.3
normal
C.
normalized
1.3
normalized wave functions
2.1
nu
see $\nu$
nuclear magnetic resonance
9.8
nuclear magneton
9.6
observable values
2.4.1
occupation numbers
single-state
10.2.1
omega
see $\omega$
one-dimensional free space
Hamiltonian
5.5.1
operator
exponential of an operator
5.1.10
operators
1.4
angular momentum component
3.1.2
Hamiltonian
2.3
kinetic energy
2.3
in spherical coordinates
3.2.1
linear momentum
2.3
position
2.3
potential energy
2.3
quantum mechanics
2.3
square angular momentum
3.1.3
total energy
2.3
orbitals
6.3.1
orthodox interpretation
2.4
orthogonal
1.3
orthonormal
1.3
$P$
C.
p states
3.2.4
$p$
C.
p-state
C.
parity
5.3.7
as a symmetry
5.2
conservation in atomic transitions
5.3.7
inversion operator
5.3.7
multiplies instead of adds
5.3.7
orbital angular momentum
5.3.7
spherical harmonics
derivation
A.15
symmetry and conservation
5.2
intro
5.3.7 | 5.3.7
Parseval's relation
A.43
partial wave analysis
A.48.1
partition function
8.5
Paschen transitions
3.2.3
Pasternack relation
A.102
Pauli exclusion principle
4.7
atoms
4.9.4
common phrasing
4.9.4
free electron gas
7.6
Pauli repulsion
4.10
Pauli spin matrices
9.1.9
generalized
9.1.10
periodic table
4.9.4
full
4.9.6
periodic zone scheme
7.7.2
permanents
4.7
permittivity of space
3.2.1
perpendicular bisector
C.
perturbation theory
helium ionization energy
10.1.2
second order
10.1.1
time dependent
5.3.8
time-independent
10.1
weak lattice potential
7.8.1
phase angle
C.
phase equilibrium
8.12
phase speed
5.5.2
Phi
see $\Phi$ | see $\phi$, $\varphi$
phonons
7.10.1
photon
3.2.3 | C.
energy
3.2.3
spin value
4.4
photon packet
10.2.3.2
physical symmetry
commutes with Hamiltonian
5.2
physicists
2.4.1 | 2.4.2 | 5.1.9 | 5.3.4 | 5.3.9 | 6.2.3 | 6.3.5.4 | 7.4.5 | 7.4.11 | 7.10.2 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 10.2.1 | 10.2.3.2 | A.4.5 | A.4.6 | A.4.6 | A.4.7 | A.15 | A.48 | A.48 | A.48 | A.48.1 | A.60
pi
see $\pi$
pi bonds
4.11.2
Plancherel's theorem
A.43
Planck's blackbody spectrum
8.14.5
Planck's constant
2.3
Planck-Einstein relation
3.2.3
point charge
static
9.5.1
pointer states
3.2.4
Poisson bracket
5.1.10
Poisson equation
9.5.4
polar bonds
4.11.3
poly-crystalline
7.4.1
population inversion
5.3.2
position
eigenfunctions
5.4.1
eigenvalues
5.4.1
operator
2.3
possible values
2.4.1
potential
existence
A.93.1
potential energy
operator
2.3
potential energy surfaces
6.2.3
Poynting vector
10.2.3.1
prefixes
YZEPTGMkmunpfazy
C.
pressure
8.7
primitive cell
7.4.11
primitive translation vector
one-dimensional
7.4.5
reciprocal lattice
7.4.11
three-dimensional
7.4.11
principal quantum number
3.2.2
principle of relativity
A.4.2
probabilities
evaluating
2.6.6
from coefficients
2.4.2
probability current
A.49
probability density
4.2.3
probability to find the particle
2.1
promotion
4.11.4
proper distance
see special relativity
proper time
see special relativity
Psi
see $\Psi$ | see $\psi$
pure substance
8.
$p_x$
C.
Pythagorean theorem
A.4.4
$Q$
C.
$q$
C.
quantum confinement
2.5.9 | 7.6.5
quantum dot
2.5.9
quantum electrodynamics
electron g factor
9.6
Feynman's book
10.2
photon exchange
intro
5.1.5
quantum interference
intro
2.1
quantum mechanics
acceleration
5.1.8
force
5.1.8
Newton's second law
5.1.8
Newtonian mechanics
5.1.8
velocity
5.1.8
quantum well
2.5.9
quantum wire
2.5.9
quark
spin
4.4
quarks
Dirac equation
9.2
proton and neutron
9.6
$R$
C.
$r$
C. | C.
$\vec r$
C.
Rabi flopping frequency
9.8.4
radiation
emission and absorption
5.3
random number generator
2.4.2
Rayleigh formula
partial wave expansion
A.48.1
spherical Bessel functions
A.48.1
real part
1.1
reciprocal lattice
see lattice, reciprocal
reduced zone scheme
7.7.2
reflection coefficient
5.9 | 5.9 | A.49
relative state formulation
11.5
relative state interpretation
11.4
relativistic corrections
hydrogen atom
10.1.6
Relativistic effects
Dirac equation
9.2
relativistic mass
seespecial relativity
A.4.2
relativity
see special relativity | C.
resonance factor
9.8.4
rest mass
seespecial relativity
A.4.2
restricted Hartree-Fock
6.3.1
reversibility
8.9
RHF
6.3.1
rho
see $\rho$
rot
C.
$S$
C.
s state
C.
s states
3.2.4
$s$
C.
saturated
8.12
scalar
C.
scattering
5.8
one-dimensional coefficients
5.9
three-dimensional coefficients
A.48
scattering amplitude
A.48
Schrödinger equation
5.1
failure?
11.4
integral form
A.48.2
Schrödinger’s cat
11.1
second law of thermodynamics
8.8
second quantization
10.2.3.2
selection rules
angular momentum conservation
5.3.6
derivation
A.40
electric dipole transitions
5.3.5
electric quadrupole transitions
5.3.5
magnetic dipole transitions
5.3.5
parity conservation
5.3.7
self-adjoint
C.
self-consistent field method
6.3.4
semi-conductors
band gap
7.5
conduction
7.3
lattice
see lattice, diamond
manipulation
7.3
separation of variables
2.6.2
for atoms
4.9.2
for free electron gas
7.6.2
linear momentum
5.4.2
position
5.4.1
shielding approximation
4.9.2
SI prefixes
C.
sigma
see $\sigma$
sigma bonds
4.11.1
simple cubic lattice
7.7.1
sin
C.
singlet state
4.5.6
derivation
9.1.5
skew-Hermitian
C.
Slater determinants
4.7
small perturbation theory
7.8.1
solid angle
C.
solids
7.
band structure
intro
7.3
covalent
7.5
ionic
7.2
molecular
7.1
sp$^n$ hybridization
4.11.4
space-like
see special relativity
space-time
see special relativity
space-time interval
see special relativity
special relativity
A.4
action
A.4.10
canonical momentum
A.4.10
causality and proper time
A.4.5
four-vectors
A.4.6
dot product
A.4.6
in terms of momentum
A.4.2
light-cone
A.4.5
Lorentz force
A.4.10
derivation
A.4.10.1
Lorentz transformation
A.4.3
basic derivation
A.4.3.1
group derivation
A.4.8.1
group property
A.4.8
index notation
A.4.7
Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction
A.4.2
derivation
A.4.3.1
mass-energy relation
A.4.2
derivation
A.4.9
Lagrangian derivation
A.4.10
mechanics
intro
A.4.9
Lagrangian
A.4.10
momentum four-vector
A.4.9
moving mass
A.4.2
derivation
A.4.9
Lagrangian derivation
A.4.10
proper distance
A.4.4
as dot product
A.4.6
proper time
A.4.4
relativistic mass
A.4.2
rest mass energy
A.4.2
derivation
A.4.9
space-like
A.4.4
space-time
A.4.6
space-time interval
A.4.4
causality
A.4.5
superluminal interaction
A.4.5
time dilation
derivation
A.4.3.1
time-dilation
A.4.2
time-like
A.4.4
velocity transformation
A.4.3
derivation
A.4.3.1
warp factor
A.4.5
specific heat
constant pressure
8.7
constant volume
8.7
values
7.10.1
specific volume
8.7
molar
8.7
spectral line broadening
5.3.8
spectrum
hydrogen
3.2.3
spherical Bessel functions
A.48.1
spherical coordinates
3.1.2
spherical Hankel functions
A.48.1
spherical harmonics
derivation
A.80
derivation from the ODE
A.15
derivation using ladders
A.80
generic expression
A.15
intro
3.1.3
Laplace equation derivation
A.15
parity
A.15
spherical Neumann functions
A.48.1
spin
4.4
fundamental commutation relations
introduction
4.5.3
value
4.4
$x$- and $y$-eigenstates
9.1.9
spin down
4.4
spin orbitals
6.3.1
spin states
ambiguity in sign
A.87
axis rotation
A.87
spin up
4.4
spinor
4.5.1
spontaneous emission
quantum derivation
10.2.4
spontaneous emission rate
5.3.9
standard deviation
3.3
definition
3.3.1
simplified expression
3.3.3
Stark effect
10.1.5
stationary states
5.1.4
statistical interpretation
2.4
statistical mechanics
7.9
statistics
bosons
7.9
fermions
7.9
Stefan-Boltzmann formula
8.14.5
Stefan-Boltzmann law
8.14.5
Stern-Gerlach apparatus
9.7
stoichiometric coefficient
8.12
Stokes' theorem
C.
superfluidity
Bose-Einstein condensation
7.9
superluminal interaction
Bell's theorem
11.2
hidden variables
11.2
many worlds interpretation
11.5
quantum
2.1
do not allow communication
11.2
produce paradoxes
11.2
relativistic paradoxes
A.4.5
symmetrization requirement
graphical depiction
8.2
identical bosons
4.6
identical fermions
see antisymmetrization
indistinguishable particles
8.2
using groupings
4.7
using occupation numbers
10.2.1
using permanents
4.7
symmetry
C.
$t$
C. | C.
tau
see $\tau$
temperature
8.1 | C.
definition
8.4
Carnot
8.9
definition using entropy
8.12
temperatures above absolute zero
7.9
thermal de Broglie wavelength
8.14
thermal efficiency
8.9
thermal equilibrium
8.
thermodynamics
first law
8.7
second law
8.8
third law
8.10
Theta
see $\Theta$ | see $\theta$, $\vartheta$
third law of thermodynamics
8.10
throw the dice
2.4.2
time
directionality
11.6
time dependent perturbation theory
5.3.8
time variation
Hamiltonian
5.1.1
time-dilation
see special relativity
time-like
see special relativity
total energy
operator
2.3
transition probability
5.3.8
transition rate
5.3.9
transitions
hydrogen atom
3.2.3
transmission coefficient
5.9 | 5.9 | A.49
transpose of a matrix
C.
triangle inequality
5.3.6
triple product
C.
triplet states
4.5.6
derivation
9.1.5
tunneling
5.8.2
Stark effect
10.1.5
WKB approximation
5.9
turning point
5.6.3
turning points
WKB approximation
5.7
twilight terms
4.3
exchange terms
4.3
Hartree-Fock
6.3.3
Lennard-Jones/London force
A.61
lithium hydride
4.3
particle exchange rate
5.1.5
spontaneous emission
10.2.4
two state systems
ground state energy
4.3
time variation
5.1.5
unsteady perturbations
5.3
two-state systems
atom-photon model
10.2.4
u
C.
$u$
C.
UHF
6.3.1
uncertainty principle
angular momentum
3.1.4
energy
2.6.4 | 5.1.4
Heisenberg
2.2
position and linear momentum
2.2
uncertainty relationship
generalized
3.4.2
Heisenberg
3.4.3
unit cell
seelattice
7.2
unit matrix
C.
unitary
matrix
A.58
time advance operator
5.1.10
unitary operators
C.
universal gas constant
7.10.1 | 8.12
unrestricted Hartree-Fock
6.3.1
$v$
C. | C.
$\vec v$
C.
vacuum energy
5.3.10
vacuum state
10.2.1
valence band
7.3
values
measurable
2.4.1
observable
2.4.1
possible
2.4.1
Van der Waals forces
7.1
Casimir-Polder
7.1
variational method
3.5.6
helium ionization energy
10.1.2
hydrogen molecular ion
3.5.6
hydrogen molecule
4.2.5
variational principle
6.1
basic statement
6.1.1
differential form
6.1.2
Lagrangian multipliers
6.1.3
vector
1.2 | C.
vectorial product
C.
velocity
in quantum mechanics
5.1.8
vibronic coupling terms
A.53
virial theorem
5.1.7
virtual work
A.3.3
viscosity
8.9
$w$
C. | C.
$\vec w$
C.
warp factor
see special relativity
wave function
2.1
multiple particles
4.1
multiple particles with spin
4.5.4
with spin
4.5.1
wave number
5.5.4
Floquet
7.4.5
Fourier versus Floquet
7.4.7
free electron gas
7.6.2
simple
1.5
wave number vector
Bloch function
7.4.11
wave packet
accelerated motion
5.6.2
definition
5.5.3
free space
5.5 | 5.6.1
harmonic oscillator
5.6.4
partial reflection
5.8.1
physical interpretation
5.5.3
reflection
5.6.3
weak force
boson exchange
intro
5.1.5
Wigner-Seitz cell
7.4.11
WKB approximation
connection formulae
A.47
WKB connection formulae
A.47
WKB theory
5.7
Wronskian
A.49
$x$
C. | C.
X-ray diffraction
7.10.3
xi
see $\xi$
$y$
C. | C.
$Y_l^m$
C.
$z$
C. | C.
Zeeman effect
10.1.4
intermediate
10.1.6.2
weak
10.1.6.2
zero matrix
C.
zero point energy
6.2.3
zeroth law of thermodynamics
8.1