Stephen P. Martin

high energy and particle physics. -+++

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

My new comprehensive graduate textbook on Quantum Mechanics is now officially published. Here is a promotional flyer, with a Preface, a Table of Contents, Index, and most importantly a discount code for 20% off: https://t.co/0dLlrsivge (1/4)

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

@AnupamG91183467 I hope it is helpful. When learning a difficult subject like QM, it is always a good idea to compare different references. Wavefunctions can have destructive interference, but different explanations of the same topic always combine constructively!

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

My new comprehensive graduate textbook on Quantum Mechanics is now officially published. Here is a promotional flyer, with a Preface, a Table of Contents, Index, and most importantly a discount code for 20% off: https://t.co/0dLlrsivge (1/4)

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

@NicoWolf16 Yes, that's it exactly; the Heisenberg picture (and the Interaction picture) aren't needed earlier on. With that said, that chapter is fairly modular and stands alone, so it could be covered much earlier if the instructor or reader so chooses.

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

@AIsakovic1 Yes, I very strongly doubt that one could humanely cover all of it in an academic year :) The instructor will have to pick and choose based on the interests and preparation of the students.

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

Update: this book is now officially published, see
https://t.co/f5TsJa0C2k

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

My new comprehensive graduate textbook on Quantum Mechanics is now officially published. Here is a promotional flyer, with a Preface, a Table of Contents, Index, and most importantly a discount code for 20% off: https://t.co/0dLlrsivge (1/4)

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

Coming soon: my new graduate quantum mechanics textbook! Free download of current version is here (big pdf) https://t.co/xWY9mzFg3O
Cover: Schrödinger's cat emerging triumphant after thinking outside the box. #QuantumMechanics

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

In any case, DON'T pay full price, and don't let your students either! Buying directly from Springer gets anyone and everyone the 20% discount using the code on the flyer linked above. That brings the cost down to $87.99 for the hardback or $67.99 for the ebook. (4/4)

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

If you know someone who has taught or will be teaching graduate quantum mechanics, please encourage them to take a look. Anyone considering it for teaching a course should let me know, and I'll see about arranging for a free exam copy. (3/4)

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

@PitifulRed Not the first time it has happened. They really should work on this, but it seems like they have other priorities.

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

@iowahawkblog Those are the Glengarry leads. They are for closers only.

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

@Hassaan_PHY I don't find the default Beamer to be very pretty, but it is quite flexible and configurable with a small amount of effort. And the way it adjusts spacing is much better than alternatives I used to use.

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

@JohnWomersley @WKCosmo The experimental constraints on the SUSY Higgs sector are finite, and only quite indirectly correlated with superpartner masses anyway, and so don't exclude EW-scale SUSY. While "EW-scale" is an inherently imprecise term, it should include even multi-TeV A,H, far from excluded.

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

@WKCosmo And, LHC has now essentially ruled out all non-decoupling extensions of the Standard Model (e.g. a new chiral family). So any viable new theory we invent won't and can't be completely ruled out at LHC for all masses. It isn't just SUSY that has this annoying property. (4/4)

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

@WKCosmo So the options for what happens are you can choose to discount the hierarchy problem for some reason (anthropics?), or invent a new solution to it. My personal opinion is that neither approach is very compelling so far, but "let a thousand flowers bloom". (3/4)

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

@JohnWomersley @WKCosmo "At the electroweak scale, definitely not supersymmetric" is quite an overstatement. If you think your car keys are lost somewhere in town, and a thorough search north of State Street and west of Main Street doesn't find them, that doesn't mean they aren't in the unsearched area

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

@johnondrasik "Imagine no possessions..." oh sorry I thought you said worst one line in a song ever.

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

@Kaju_Nut "You are absolutely correct to question the relevance of Hawking radiation to quadruped locomotion. The confusion likely arose due to a violation of the weak energy condition. If you want, I can help you construct a list of BH topics that *are* related to quadruped locomotion."

[Stephen P. Martin @spmartinX]

@GregTrayling @CburgesCliff Well, the least you could do is be a little more discrete about it.