Table of Contents

Preface to part I; Preface to part II; Preface to the combined volume; 1. General introduction - author to reader; Part I. The Simple Classical Vibrator: 2. The free vibrator; 3. Applications of complex variables to linear systems; 4.. Fourier series and integral; 5. Spectrum analysis; 6. The driven harmonic vibrator; 7. Waves and resonators; 8. Velocity-dependent forces; 9. The driven anharmonic vibrator; subharmonics; stability; 10. Parametric excitation; 11. Maintained oscillators; 12. Coupled vibrators; Part II. The Simple Vibrator in Quantum Mechanics: 13. The quantized harmonic vibrator and its classical features; 14. Anharmonic vibrators; 15. Vibrations and cyclotron orbits in two dimensions; 16. Dissipation, level broadening and radiation; 17. The equivalent classical oscillator; 18. The two-level system; 19. Line broadening; 20. The ammonia maser; 21. The family of masers: from laser to travelling-wave oscillator; Epilogue; References; Index.

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Originally in two volumes, this study covers both the classical aspects of vibration and the quantum oscillator.