The Quantum Theory of Radiation: Third Edition

by W. Heitler

Book Overview

"It is difficult to imagine any more useful, or more instructive textbook than this." -- Transactions of the Faraday Society This book was the first comprehensive treatment of quantum physics to appear in any language. Originally published in 1936 as part of Oxford University Press's famed International Series of Monographs on Physics, this book is a classic reference text. Although new particles have been discovered since the third edition was published...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486645584
• ISBN13: 9780486645582
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Learnable QED & THE bremsstrahlung treatment.

To be honest, I am trying to learn formal QED, and this text is 'feeding' well. Heitler comes up with the goods..you feel you have actually covered some topic-(rather than some 'lite' or cryptic version). Having said that modern criticisms would be the usage of 'old' vector operations notation (minor taste criticism-you get used to the use of '[ , ]' for vector products for example); and also omission of 'Feynman diagrams'. However the additional material (to the 1934 edition) published in this reprinted 1954 edition gives reference to Feynman and Schwingers work prior to this date.For THE treatment of quantum bremsstrahlung theory (first approximation), here is the most oft quoted reference (with maybe an option on Kramers 1923 'Bohrian' quantum paper)and arguably the most relevant. A must if only for this. Like most books written around this time in Dovers catalogue, it is well written, readable, and precise in the analysis- skipping math steps where truly reasonable. A gold mine for those of us trying to get to grips with the subject of the title.