Course Description
The basic principles of quantum mechanics and their applications to problems in modern physics. Topics covered include principles of wave mechanics, central forces and angular momentum, three dimensional bound state problems and scattering theory, spin.
Athena Title
QUANTUM MECHAN I
Prerequisite
PHYS 4702/6702 and PHYS 8012 and PHYS 8402
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
A modern presentation of the basic principles of Quantum Mechanics and their applicaiton to problems in modern physics. Topics covered include fundamental concepts, wave mechanics, quantum dynamics, angular momentum and spin.
Topical Outline
Fundamental Concepts Inadequacy of classical concepts - Stern-Gerlach experiment Review: Linear vector spaces Postulates of Quantum Mechanics Quantum Dynamics Time evolution and the Schrodinger equation Schrodinger and Heisenberg Pictures Simple harmonic oscillator Schrodinger wave equation Feynman Path Integral Formalism Potentials and Gauge transformations Angular Momentum Rotations Angular Momentum Tensor Operators Density Operator