Particle Physics and the Schrödinger Equation (Q4237285)

The Schrödinger equation is a fundamental and extremally successful tool in atomic and molecular physics. A new field of applications emerged after the ``1974 October Revolution'' when it turned out that the new hadrons \(J/\psi\) and \(\psi'\) can be treated as bound states of a heavy quark-antiquark pair. This idea has stimulated the discovery of a large number of completely new rigorous results on the Schrödinger equation with a major contribution from the authors of the reviewed monograph. The book provides a concise review of this topic beginning with the detailed study of 2-body systems. In particular, level ordering problems, energy-level spacing, number of bound states and decay properties are discussed. Relativistic generalizations of the results on level ordering and the inverse problem for confining potential are also presented. Motivated by the three quarks systems (barions) the authors review selected results on 3-body and \(N\)-body problems. The book is clearly written, general results are illustrated by concrete applications to atomic and particle physics and the authors do not assume a knowledge of advanced mathematics. All that make this book very useful and valuable for theoretical and experimental particle and atomic physicists, especially for newcomers to the field.