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PCS 401

Quantum Mechanics I

1.00 credits · Undergraduate

Review of Bohr's model, matter waves and complex variables. Schrödinger Equation. Wave functions. Stationary states. Quantization of energy. Eigenfunctions and Eigenvalues. Probability interpretation, expectation values. Infinite and finite square wells; barriers, tunnelling. Harmonic oscillator. Heisenberg uncertainty relations. Measurements in Quantum Mechanics. Hermitian operators. Hilbert Space. Superposition of eigenstates. Schrödinger equation in three dimensions. Central potentials. The hydrogen atom.

Prerequisites & course information

prerequisites: ( PCS 300 ) and ( MTH 312 or MTH 330 or MTH 425 ); antirequisites: PCS 400

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