PHY1520H F GENERAL
Quantum Mechanics
Official description
- Review of Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
Hilbert Spaces, Density Matrix
- Quantum Dynamics
Evolution Operator, Heisenberg vs. Schrodinger Picture
WKB (Semiclassical) Approximation
Coherent States
Electron in a Magnetic Field
- Symmetry in Quantum Mechanics
Parity, Time Reversal
Translation, Electron in a Periodic Potential, Bloch’s Theorem
Disordered Lattices and Localized States
Green’s Function Method
- Perturbation Theory
Time-independent: Rayleigh-Schrodinger and Brillouin-Wigner series expansions
Time-dependent perturbation theory: Fermi’s Golden Rule, Absorption and Emission of Light from Atoms
- Variational Methods
Electron in a Deformable Elastic Medium
- Scattering Theory
Lippman-Schwinger Integral Equation
Partial Waves
S-matrix and T-matrix
Evaluation will be 50% homework and 50% final exam.
- Textbook
-
Modern Quantum Mechanics 3rd edition by J.J. Sakurai and J. Napolitano. If desired, the digital eBook is available at: https://www.campusebookstore.com/integration/AccessCodes/default.aspx? bookseller_id=96&Course=STG+PHY+1520HF+eBOOK+MODERN+QUANTUM+MECHANICS+ 3E&frame=YES&t=permalink
- course title
- PHY1520H F GENERAL
- session
- fall
- group
- general course
- time and location
-
Online only delivery Sept 13-23, 2021 (login to Quercus) Mondays and Thursdays, 1-2 pm, MP 408 (starting Sept 27th)
- instructor
