''Modern Quantum Mechanics'', often called ''Sakurai'' or ''Sakurai and Napolitano'', is a standard graduate-level

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textbook written originally by

J. J. Sakurai was a Japanese-American particle physicist and theorist. While a graduate student at Cornell University, Sakurai independently discovered the V-A theory of weak interactions. He authored the popular graduate text ''Modern Quantum Mechanics'' ( ...

and edited by San Fu Tuan in 1985, with later editions coauthored by Jim Napolitano. Sakurai died in 1982 before he could finish the textbook and both the first edition of the book, published in 1985 by

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, and the revised edition of 1994, published by

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, were edited and completed by Tuan posthumously. The book was updated by Napolitano and released two later editions. The second edition was initially published by Addison-Wesley in 2010 and rereleased as an eBook by

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, who released a third edition in 2020.

Table of Contents (3rd edition)

* Prefaces * Chapter 1: Fundamental Concepts * Chapter 2: Quantum Dynamics * Chapter 3: Theory of

Angular Momentum In physics, angular momentum (rarely, moment of momentum or rotational momentum) is the rotational analog of linear momentum. It is an important physical quantity because it is a conserved quantity—the total angular momentum of a closed syst ...

* Chapter 4: Symmetry in Quantum Mechanics * Chapter 5: Approximation Methods * Chapter 6: Scattering Theory * Chapter 7: Identical Particles * Chapter 8: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics * Appendix A:

Electromagnetic Units In physics, electromagnetism is an interaction that occurs between particles with electric charge. It is the second-strongest of the four fundamental interactions, after the strong force, and it is the dominant force in the interactions of ...

* Appendix B: Elementary Solutions to Schrödinger's Wave Equation * Appendix C: Hamiltonian for a Charge in an Electromagnetic Field * Appendix D: Proof of the Angular-Momentum Rule (3.358) * Appendix E: Finding Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients * Appendix F: Notes on

Complex Variables Complex analysis, traditionally known as the theory of functions of a complex variable, is the branch of mathematical analysis that investigates functions of complex numbers. It is helpful in many branches of mathematics, including algebrai ...

* Bibliography * Index

Reception

Early editions of the book have received several reviews. It is a standard textbook on the subject and is recommended in other works on the subject, it has inspired other textbooks on the subject, and it is used as a point of comparison in book reviews. Along with Griffith's ''

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics Quantum mechanics is the study of matter and its interactions with energy on the scale of atomic and subatomic particles. By contrast, classical physics explains matter and energy only on a scale familiar to human experience, including the be ...

'', the book was also analyzed in a review of the "Philosophical Standpoints of Textbooks in Quantum Mechanics" in June 2020.

Publication history

* * (hardcover) * (hardcover) * (eBook) * (hardcover) * (eBook)

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Table of Contents (3rd edition)

Reception

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