Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics

• Up-to-date, offering modern view on quantum mechanics.
• Provides deeper understanding of quantum field theory and its applications.
• Presents well-established material in a coherent way.
• Written in a very pedagogical style by internationally renowned author.

Readership: Primary: Graduate students and lecturers in theoretical physics, in particular in particle and statistical physics. Secondary: mathematicians.

Jean Zinn-Justin, Head of Dapnia/DSM/CEA-Saclay, France

"... an exceptionally clear and thorough book ... should be about as good a book on the subject as one could imagine." - John Chalker, University of Oxford

"... very well written ... and not only pedagogically useful, but also useful to the experienced practitioner." - Randall Kamien, University of Pennsylvania

1: Gaussian integrals
2: Path integral in quantum mechanics
3: Partition function and spectrum
4: Classical and quantum statistical physics
5: Path integrals and quantization
6: Path integral and holomorphic formalism
7: Path integrals: fermions
8: Barrier penetration: semi-classical approximation
9: Quantum evolution and scattering matrix
10: Path integrals in phase space
Quantum mechanics: minimal background
A1: Hilbert space and operators
A2: Quantum evolution, symmetries and density matrix
A3: Position and momentum. Scrödinger equation