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Credit points: 15.5
Coordinator: Dr G C Joshi
Prerequisite: Physics 640-223 or 640-243; Mathematics 618-231 and 232
Contact: 36 lectures (three a week) and 13 x 1-hour tutorials
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
By the completion of this course the student should:
- comprehend many aspects of advanced quantum mechanics;
- be able to apply quantum mechanical theory to problems involving atoms, molecules, solids, nuclei and elementary particles;
- appreciate the central role that this core area of modern physics plays in our understanding of the world.
Content:
Time evolution, Schrö dinger equation. Eigen-states, eigen-values. Wave function and state vector formulation. Symmetry, conservation laws, commutation relations, uncertainty relations. Angular momentum: orbital and spin. Electromagnetism in quantum mechanics, gauge transformations. Antisymmetry, Pauli exclusion principle. The hydrogen and helium atoms, atomic structure. Scattering theory. Approximation methods: perturbation theory; 1st order, 2nd order, degenerate, time independent and time dependent; variational methods.
Assessment:
A 3-hour end-of-semester written examination.
Prescribed texts:
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Science (Volume 4 page 229)
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