Quantum Mechanics I

Time:

  • Sundays, Tuesdays: 13:00 to 15:00

  • Wednesdays: 8:00 to 9:30

Room:

  • Physics 4

 



Course syllabus:

 

The Wave Function

  • The Schrödinger Equation
  • The Statistical Interpretation 
  • Probability 
  • Momentum 

Time-Independent Schrödinger Equation 

  • Stationary States
  • The Infinite Square Well
  • The Harmonic Oscillator 
  • The Free Particle
  • The Delta-Function Potential 
  • The Finite Square Well 

 

Formalism

  • Hilbert Space 
  • Observables 
  • Eigenfunctions of a Hermitian Operator 
  • Generalized Statistical Interpretation 
  • The Uncertainty Principle 
  • Vectors and Operators 
     

Quantum Mechanics in Three Dimensions 

  • The Schrödinger Equation
  • The Hydrogen Atom 
  • Angular Momentum 
  • Spin
  • Electromagnetic Interactions 

 

Main reference:

Griffiths, David J., Introduction to quantum mechanics, 2nd (2005)/3rd (2018) edition

      

 

Other references:

Gasiorowicz S., Quantum Physics3rd edition
Zettili N., Quantum mechanics- concepts and applications,
Shankar R., Principles of quantum mechanics,


Old Syllabus:

Quantum Physics, third edition by S. Gasiorowicz

 

Quantum Mechanics 1 on IUT web courses

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