Please suggest alternatives to this Atomic Physics book

AI Thread Summary
The discussion revolves around a student taking a course in Atomic and Molecular Physics, using a specific textbook that is only available in German at the school library. The student seeks alternative English-language resources to supplement their learning. Suggestions provided include "Physics of Atoms and Molecules" by Bransden and Joachain, and "The Physics of Atoms and Quanta" by Haken and Wolf. The student expresses interest in multiple resources for a comprehensive understanding and notes that they have successfully borrowed the English version of Haken and Wolf. The conversation highlights the importance of accessible educational materials and the value of diverse learning resources in complex subjects like physics.
Mépris
Messages
847
Reaction score
11
Hi, I am currently taking a course on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and the book for the course is https://www.amazon.com/dp/3642102972/?tag=pfamazon01-20. The course is based on this book. The Amazon link will allow one to preview the table of contents.

The school library only has copies of the book in the original German, and I'd appreciate if you could suggest some alternatives based on that. Maybe I'd be able to find them in the library.

Also, I like learning from more than one book.

Thanks!
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • Like
Likes dextercioby
Physics news on Phys.org
Mépris said:
Hi, I am currently taking a course on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and the book for the course is https://www.amazon.com/dp/3642102972/?tag=pfamazon01-20. The course is based on this book. The Amazon link will allow one to preview the table of contents.

The school library only has copies of the book in the original German, and I'd appreciate if you could suggest some alternatives based on that. Maybe I'd be able to find them in the library.

Also, I like learning from more than one book.

Thanks!
The following books would be reasonable alternatives.
  • Bransden B H and Joachain C J, "Physics of atoms and molecules" (Prentice Hall)
  • Haken H and Wolf H C, "The physics of atoms and quanta " (Springer-Verlag)
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • Like
Likes dextercioby
I concur to Bransden & Joachain, both of their texts (general QM and QM for atoms and molecules) are well-written.
 
Ah, Bransden & Joachain is only available for 1 day loans (or to be read in the library). I will certainly take a look at it.

I have, however, found an English version of Haken & Wolf, and have already loaned it.

Thanks all!
 
The book is fascinating. If your education includes a typical math degree curriculum, with Lebesgue integration, functional analysis, etc, it teaches QFT with only a passing acquaintance of ordinary QM you would get at HS. However, I would read Lenny Susskind's book on QM first. Purchased a copy straight away, but it will not arrive until the end of December; however, Scribd has a PDF I am now studying. The first part introduces distribution theory (and other related concepts), which...
I've gone through the Standard turbulence textbooks such as Pope's Turbulent Flows and Wilcox' Turbulent modelling for CFD which mostly Covers RANS and the closure models. I want to jump more into DNS but most of the work i've been able to come across is too "practical" and not much explanation of the theory behind it. I wonder if there is a book that takes a theoretical approach to Turbulence starting from the full Navier Stokes Equations and developing from there, instead of jumping from...

Similar threads

Replies
1
Views
3K
Replies
3
Views
2K
Replies
6
Views
4K
Replies
4
Views
4K
Replies
11
Views
4K
Back
Top