Quantum Mechanics Required for Nuclear Engineering?

[lonely_nucleus]

I know that nuclear engineering requires some quantum mechanics but I want to know how much. Are there any textbooks that can fulfill the requirements for quantum mechanics in terms of nuclear engineering? I have heard of this book and I am a fan of old fashioned text:https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486659844/?tag=pfamazon01-20
will this book include enough quantum mechanics for nuclear engineering? If it will not can I please have some book suggestions
?

If anyone has the time it would be nice to consider what order of reading these books would you all recommend to study nuclear engineering? Here are the books: https://www.amazon.com/dp/047180553X/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0471979368/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0201824981/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486649407/?tag=pfamazon01-20

 

[ZapperZ]

Have you looked through the curriculum at a particular university?

This is an example from UW-Madison Nuclear Engineering Dept.

http://www.engr.wisc.edu/cmsdocuments/NE-UGguide2014.pdf

Notice that other than the exposure you get to quantum physics in the Intro Physics courses, the only other course with a significant QM content is the course in Modern Physics, i.e. Physics 241/205. This is a rather elementary introduction to SR and very basic QM, and when I was there, we used Tipler's Modern Physics text. Those in Chemistry and Physics would take this class and then go on to take a more intense, undergraduate QM courses.

So no, you do not have an in-depth coverage of QM, unless you have elective credits to go off on your own.

Zz.

 

[lonely_nucleus]

Have you looked through the curriculum at a particular university?

This is an example from UW-Madison Nuclear Engineering Dept.

http://www.engr.wisc.edu/cmsdocuments/NE-UGguide2014.pdf

Notice that other than the exposure you get to quantum physics in the Intro Physics courses, the only other course with a significant QM content is the course in Modern Physics, i.e. Physics 241/205. This is a rather elementary introduction to SR and very basic QM, and when I was there, we used Tipler's Modern Physics text. Those in Chemistry and Physics would take this class and then go on to take a more intense, undergraduate QM courses.

So no, you do not have an in-depth coverage of QM, unless you have elective credits to go off on your own.

Zz.

Interesting that you picked that university, I am planning on getting a scholarship there. Did you study at the University of Wisconsin Madison, if that's true then what did you study there? Thank you for the reply friend, I believe you answered my question very straight forwardly.