Table of Contents

* Waves and Particles
* Introduction to the Fundamental Concepts of Quantum Mechanics
* The Mathematical Tools of Quantum Mechanics
* The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
* Application of the Postulates to Simple Cases: Two Level Systems and Spin 1/2 Systems
* The One Dimensional Harmonic Oscillator
* General Properties of Angular Momentum in Quantum Mechanics
* Particles in a Central Potential
* The Hydrogen Atom

About the Author

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, born in Constantine (Algeria) in 1933, studied at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, where he received a postdoctoral lecture qualification in 1962. In 1973 he was accepted at the College de France, and in 1981 became a member of the Academy of Sciences. In 1997, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his research on laser cooling of neutral atoms (together with Steven Chu and William D. Phillips). The method is relevant for the development of precise atomic clocks, which are used for positioning and navigation. His is currently affiliated to the Laboratoire de Physique at the Ecole Normale Superieure.
His textbook on quantum mechanics, written together with Bernard Diu und Franck Laloe, is one of the best-known timeless standard references in this field and is recommended on a regular basis by lecturers of undergraduate courses.