Group theory and its application to the quantum mechanics of atomic spectra /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Eugene P. Wigner ; translated from the German by J.J. Griffin.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Expanded and improved ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Academic Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1959.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
372 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Pure and applied physics,
Volume Designation
v. 5
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Includes subject index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Vectors and matrices -- Generalizations -- The principal axis transformation -- The elements of quantum mechanics -- Perturbation theory -- Transformation theory and the bases for the statistical interpretation of quantum mechanics -- Abstract group theory -- Invariant subgroups -- The general theory of representations -- Continuous groups -- Representations and eigenfunctions -- The algebra of representation theory -- The symmetric group -- The rotation groups -- The three-dimensional pure rotation group -- The representations of the direct product -- Selection rules and the splitting of spectral lines -- Partial determination of eigenfunctions from their transformation properties -- Electron spin -- The total angular momentum quantum number -- The fine structure of spectral lines -- Selection and intensity rules with spin -- Racah coefficients -- The building-up principle -- Time inversion -- Physical interpretation and classical limits of representation coefficients, three- and six-j symbols.