Quantum Mechanics II

4.0 credits

Symmetries including parity, lattice translations, and time reversal. Conservation laws. Time-dependent perturbation theory. Radiation theory. Laser-atom interaction. Dipole approximation. Fermi’s golden rule. Adiabatic theorem and Berry’s phase. Scattering theory with applications. Identical particles. Fermi and Bose statistics. Second quantization. Hartree-Fock and multi-electron atoms. Path integrals (non-relativistic), semiclassical approximation. The Dirac equation. Quantization of the electromagnetic field.