[.ca] Angular Momentum in Quantum Mechanics (ISBN 0691025894)

A classic work on angular momentum theory:
One of the most impressive things about this book is that it contains no known errors. That's pretty good for a subject which is highly mathematical, and riddled with superscripts, subscripts, primes and double primes. This is not the most readable introduction to the quantum theory of angular momentum (for that I would have to suggest Richard Zare's book), but it provides a compact and useful introduction covering most of the usual material such as phase relationships, coupling and recoupling relationships (by means of clebsch-gordan coefficients, properties of three-, six- and nine-J symbols). The book is extremely theoretical (not suprisingly) in approach, not actually getting to useful examples until the final chapter, when a few examples of the use of the theory for calculating matrix elements of particular operators are given. One of the most useful features of the book is the appendices, which give rather detailed summaries of the properties of Clebsch Gordan coefficients, 3-J and 6-J symbols. This is an extremely useful book. It is a classic in the field. If you have any need for the quantum theory of angular momentum in your research, then this is a must-have volume.