Victor Galitski, Sr, (1924 - 1981) in the course of his 30-year long research career in theoretical physics, co-authored 77 papers in an amazing variety of fields of both nuclear physics and condensed matter physics. His famous results include the derivation of what now is called the Galitski-Feynman equations, the first theory of unconventional superconductivity, and the development of diagrammatic calculation methods in condensed matter physics. From 1961 until his death in 1981, Victor Galitski, Sr, was the head of the Theoretical Physics Department at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute. From 1972 to 1981 he also was the director of the Nuclear Physics Department at the Kurchatov Institute for Atomic Energy in Moscow.

Dr. Boris Karnakov is a Professor Emeritus at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute. His research interests include nuclear physics, where he has more than 50 publications.

Dr. Vladimir Kogan is a Professor Emeritus at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute. His interests are primarily physics education and quantum mechanics. He was the co-author of the first edition of a much shorter problems and solutions book published jointly with Victor Galitski, Sr, in 1956.

Dr. Victor Galitski, Jr, is a grandson of the first author of the book and co-author of the current edition. His research interests include various aspects of theoretical condensed matter physics and cold atoms, with the focus on superconductivity, topological phases of matter, and spin transport. Galitski, Jr, is currently an Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a Fellow of the Joint Quantum Institute and a member of the Center of Nanophysics and Advanced Materials there. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award.

• Preface


• 1: Operators in Quantum Mechanics


• 2: One-Dimensional Motion


• 3: Orbital Angular Momentum


• 4: Motion in a Spherically-symmetric Potential


• 5: Spin


• 6: Time-Dependent Quantum Mechanics


• 7: Motion in a Magnetic Field


• 8: Perturbation Theory; Variational Method; Sudden and Adiabatic Theory


• 9: Quasi-Classical Approximation; 1/N-Expansion in Quantum Mechanics


• 10: Identical particles; Second quantization


• 11: Atoms and Molecules


• 12: Atomic Nucleus


• 13: Particle Collisions


• 14: Quantum Radiation Theory


• 15: Relativistic Wave Equations


• 16: Appendix