The Quantum Mechanics Solver provides a unique illustration of the application of quantum mechanical concepts to various fields of modern physics. It encourages the reader to apply quantum mechanics to research problems in fields such as molecular physics, condensed matter physics or laser physics. Advanced undergraduates and graduate students will find this book a rich and challenging source of material for further exploration.

Offers an extensive selection of problems applying quantum theory to modern physics with all the necessary steps to solve them Presents worked problems from modern physics to help the student apply just-learnt theory to fields such as molecular physics, condensed matter physics, laser physics, quantum physics and complex systems Provides examples of most of the typical problems that students will encounter in qualifying exams Works through very detailed solutions to the more complex problems

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Professor Jean-Louis Basdevant is a High energy physicist, author of physics textbooks and science history books. A former student of Ecole Normale Supérieure, he was from 1975 to 2005 professor of physics at the Ecole Polytechnique, where he taught quantum physics to generations of students, and also chaired the physics department. In research, his work focused on the three-body problem in quantum mechanics, elementary particles, quantum field theory and astrophysics. Professor Jean Dalibard is a professor at Collège de France and a member of the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel. He was a professor at Ecole Polytechnique from 1989 to 2015, and taught quantum physics, statistical physics and quantum optics. His current research is devoted to the properties of ultracold quantum matter, like Bose-Einstein condensates and superfluids. He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences.

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Part I Elementary Particles, Nuclei and Atoms.- 1 Matter-wave Interferences with Molecules.- 2 Neutron Interferometry.- 3 Analysis of a SternGerlach Experiment.- 4 Spectroscopic Measurements on a Neutron Beam.- 5 Measuring the Electron Magnetic Moment Anomaly.- 6 Atomic Clocks.- 7 The Spectrum of Positronium.- 8 Neutrino Transformations in the Sun.- 9 The Hydrogen Atom in Crossed Fields.- 10 Energy Loss of Ions in Matter.- Part II Quantum Entanglement and Measurement.- 11 The EPR Problem and Bell's Inequality.- 12 Quantum Correlations in a Multi-Particle System.- 13 A Non-Destructive Bomb Detector.- 14 Direct Observation of Field Quantization.- 15 Schrödinger's Cat.- 16 Quantum Cryptography.- 17 Ideal Quantum Measurement.- 18 The Quantum Eraser.- 19 A Quantum Thermometer.- 20 Laser Cooling and Trapping.- Part III Complex Systems.- 21 Exact Results for the Three-Body Problem.- 22 Properties of a BoseEinstein Condensate.- 23 Quantized Vortices.- 24 Motion in a Periodic Potential and Bloch Oscillations.- 25 Magnetic Excitons.- 26 A Quantum Box.- 27 Colored Molecular Ions.- 28 Hyperfine Structure in Electron Spin Resonance.- 29 Probing Matter with Positive Muons.- 30 Quantum Reflection of Atoms from a Surface.- Part IV Appendix.- 31 Memento of Quantum Mechanics.