Additional textbook to Sakurai and Ballentine

[dyn]

Hi. I already have Sakurai and Ballentine. I am looking for another textbook at a similar level. I am considering Gottfried & Yan , "Quantum Physics" by Bellac , "Quantum Mechanics" by Auletta. Any thoughts on these textbooks or any other suitable alternatives ? I do like textbooks that have worked examples in them.
Thanks

 

[DrClaude]

It would help if you told us why you want something besides Sakurai and Ballentine.

You can have a look at the books by Greiner:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/3540580794/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0387580808/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/3540674578/?tag=pfamazon01-20

There is of course Landau and Lifshitz.

If what you want are solved problems, then something like http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/3471 might be more suitable.

 

[vanhees71]

Of the mentioned three books I only know Gottfried and Yan, which I think is a very good textbook. Of course, as DrClaude, I also recommend the Greiner books. My favorites in this series are the volume on symmetries in QM (Berndt Müller et al) and "Field Quantization" (Joachim Reinhardt).

 

[dextercioby]

I believe Sakurai and Ballentine go wonderfully together (you might find Sakurai too concise at times), why would you need a 3rd book? Do you want more mathematics or more explanation for the principles/applications? More mathematics: (the most) = the 2 volume set of Galindo and Pascual which you can find here: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byl...+Galindo&sort=relevancerank&tag=pfamazon01-20 [yes, the price might seem high, but you can ask for it at the closest big university library]. For more on the theory content (with little emphasis on the mathematics behind) you have the old book by Landau & Lifschitz or the new one by S. Weinberg.

 

[dyn]

Thanks for your replies. I like to have as many different explanations as possible as I have found that no single book covers everything or explains everything well.

 

[bacte2013]

Although I did not read it 100%, Shankar wrote very good book in the quantum mechanics. I say it is quite gentle and explanatory.