Particle Physics And The Schrödinger Equation (cambridge Monographs On Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics And Cosmology 6)

This monograph introduces modern developments on the bound state problem in Schrodinger potential theory and its applications in particle physics. The Schrodinger equation provides a framework for dealing with energy levels of iV-body systems. It was a cornerstone of the quantum revolution in physics of the 1920s but re-emerged in the 1980s as a powerful tool in the study of spectra and decay properties of mesons and baryons. This book begins with a detailed study of two-body problems, including discussion of general properties, level ordering problems, energy-level spacing and decay properties. Following chapters treat relativistic generalizations, and the inverse problem. Finally, threebody problems and iV-body problems are dealt with. Applications in particle and atomic physics are considered, including quarkonium spectroscopy. The emphasis throughout is on showing how the theory can be tested by experiment. Many references are provided. The book will be of interest to theoretical as well as experimental particle and atomic physicists. CAMBRIDGE MONOGRAPHS ON PARTICLE PHYSICS, NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY: 6 General Editors: T. Ericson, P. V. Landshoff PARTICLE PHYSICS AND THE SCHRODINGER EQUATION CAMBRIDGE MONOGRAPHS ON PARTICLE PHYSICS, NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY 1. K. Winter (ed.): Neutrino Physics 2. J. F. Donoghue, E. Golowich and B. R. Holstein: Dynamics of the Standard Model 3. E. Leader and E. Predazzi: An Introduction to Gauge Theories and Modern Particle Physics, Volume 1: Electroweak Interactions, the "New Particles" and the Parton Model 4. E. Leader and E. Predazzi: An Introduction to Gauge Theories and Modern Particle Physics, Volume 2: CP-Violation, QCD and Hard Processes 5. C. Grupen: Particle Detectors 6. H. Grosse and A. Martin: Particle Physics and the Schrodinger Equation Particle Physics and the Schrodinger Equation HARALD GROSSE Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Vienna ANDRE MARTIN Theoretical Physics Division, CERN CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www. Cambridge. org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521392259 © Cambridge University Press 1997 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1997 This digitally printed first paperback version 2005 A catalogue recordfor this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Grosse, Harald, 1944Particle physics and