PHYS 90
Intermediate Quantum Mechanics
An in-depth study of the formal apparatus and postulates of non-relativistic quantum mechanics. Dirac formalism for pure quantum states and operators, quantum measurements and uncertainty relations. Mixed quantum states and density operators. Quantum dynamics in Schrödinger and Heisenberg picture. Symmetries and conservation laws, angular momentum theory. Approximation methods: time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory.
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite PHYS 50
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027