Concepts of Quantum Mechanics from a Nuclear Physics Viewpoint

R. K. Osborn

The material collected in this book originated from the author's twenty-five years of teaching for a two-semester, first year graduate course in the University of Michigan. It discusses the physics and analysis of nuclear and electromagnetic interactions. It also introduces the concepts of Quantum Mechanics from the Liouville, rather than the Schroedinger, point of view. This viewpoint is unique, less abstract and lends itself nicely to physical applications. It is highly recommended as a text for graduate courses in Physics, Chemistry and Engineering.

Z. Máté

Makito Oi

Nuclear rotation is revisited to seek for a new perspective.Review is made first for the basic concept of the nuclear rotation.Then, the quantization procedure of the rigid-body Hamiltonian is reviewed for a quantum mechanical understanding of the dynamics of rigid-body rotations.A linear rigid body is then investigated and its motion is studied from classical and quantum viewpoints.Finally, an application of the linear rigid-body rotation is attempted for a description of elongated nuclear systems, such as Beryllium 8, a two-alpha-cluster system.

Andrei Yu. Khrennikov

In the nineteenth century (in the process of transition from mechanics to the field theory), the German school of theoretical physics confronted problems similar to the basic problems in the foundations of quantum mechanics (QM). Hertz tried to resolve such problem through analysis of the notion of a scientific theory and interrelation of theory and experiment. This analysis led him to the Bild (image) conception of theory (which was later essentially developed, but also modified by Boltzmann). In this paper, we claim that to resolve the basic foundational problems of QM, one has to use the Bild conception and reject the observational viewpoint on physical theory. As an example of a Bild theory underlying QM (treated as an observational theory), we consider prequantum classical statistical field theory (PCSFT): theory of random subquantum fields.

Mohammad Reza Pahlavani