Angular Momentum [Paperback]

D. M. Brink (Author), G. R. Satchler (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198517599 | ISBN-13: 978-0198517597 | Publication Date: March 24, 1994 | Edition: 3

This book introduces the quantum theory of angular momentum to students who are unfamiliar with it and develops it to a stage useful for research.

The first part contains the basic theory of rotations and angular momentum. As the book aims to emphasize applications, mathematical details are avoided and difficult theorems stated without proof. The second part contains examples of applications to a wide range of physical phenomena and presents a collection of results helpful in solving problems.

Editorial Reviews

Review

`the text is clearly written and well comprehensible.' Institute of Physics Publishing Journal, October 1994

`It is good to see this classic reprinted as a third edition. My own copy of the second edition has been used so regularly as a reference for formulae over more than twenty-five years that it has lost its covers and some pages have become detached ... a very thorough book which has stood the test of time and will now be available to a further generation of postgraduate students and researchers.' Prof. J P Elliot (University of Sussex), Contemporary Physics, 1995, Vol 36, No 1

About the Author

D. M. Brink is at University of Trento. G. R. Satchler is at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 3 edition (March 24, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198517599
• ISBN-13: 978-0198517597
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #653,975 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A classic and useful book on angular momentum theory, June 9, 2005

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Iain R. Mcnab "Hanguphile" (toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Angular Momentum (Oxford Library of Physical Science) (Paperback)

This is a very useful book for those engaged in research in atomic, molecular and optical physics. It is one of three books on angular momentum theory that came out at around the same time (the others are by Rose and Edmonds), each has a different approach to the subject, and serious students usually have a copy of all three; this is generally considered to be the most readable.

This volume is somewhat less theory biased than the book of Edmonds, and has two chapters on applications of the theory. So while chapters I- IV give the basic theory of angular momentum in quantum mechanics, chapter V covers matrix elements of tensor operators, and Chapter VI considers applications to physical systems. The final chapter gives an introduction to graphical methods in angular momentum theory.

Six appendices give properties of 3-J, 6-J, 9-J symbols, spherical harmonics, rotation matrix elements, and finally tensors and their matrix elements.

This is an excellent book. It has stood the test of time extremely well, and has been often reprinted. If you use angular momentum theory in your work, you should own this book.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mathematically intense but very useful, January 13, 2000

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This review is from: Angular Momentum (Paperback)

If you have reason to perform calculations involving angular momentum - particularly in quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, particle physics, etc. then this book is for you. It provides a concise but complete exposition of the theory of spherical tensors and angular momentum decomposition. The notation is somewhat dated but still quite understandable. Recommended.