Pauli and the Development of Quantum Theory. By Charles P. Enz

Foreword. By S. Flügge

Translator's Preface

Part 1. The Uncertainty Principle and Complementarity

1. The Uncertainty Principle and Complementarity
2. The Measurement of Position and Momentum

Part 2. Schrödinger Equation and Operator Calculus

3. The Wave Function of Free Particles
4. The Wave Function of a Particle Acted on by Forces
5. Many-Particle Interactions - Operator Calculus

Part 3. Stationary States and the Eigenvalue Problem

6. Stationary States as Eigenvalue Problem

Part 4. Matrix Mechanics

7. General Transformations of Operators and Matrices
8. The General Form of the Laws of Motion

Part 5. Theory of Measurements

9. Determination of the Stationary States of a System through Measurement: General Discussion of the Concept of Measurement

Part 6. Approximation Methods

10. The General Formalism of Perturbation Theory
11. Adiabatic and Sudden Perturbations
12. The W K B Approximation

Part 7. Identical Particles, Spin and Exclusion Principle

13. Hamiltonian Functions with Transformation Groups. Angular Momentum and Spin
14. The Behaviour of Eigenfunctions of Many Identical Particles Under Permutation. The Exclusion Principle

Part 8. Semiclassical Theory of Radiation

15. Treatment of the Radiation Processes Based on the Correspondence Principle
16. Application of the Semiclassical Theory to the Coherence Properties of Radiation

Part 9. The Relativistic One-Particle Problem

17. Introduction
18. Dirac's Wave Equation for the Electron. Free Particle Case
19. Relativistic Invariance
20. The Behaviour of Wave-Packets in the Free Particle Case
21. The Wave Equation when Forces are Present
22. Approximations of the Dirac Theory: The Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics of Spin as First Approximation
23. Approximations of the Dirac Theory: Limiting Transition to the Classical, Relativistic Particle Mechanics
24. Transitions to States of Negative Energy. Limitations of the Dirac Theory

Part 10. Quantum Electrodynamics

25. Quantization of the Free Radiation Field
26. Interaction Between Radiation and Matter
27. Self-Energy of the Electron. Limits of the Present Theory

Bibliography

Index