Quantum Mechanics

3 credits · Graduate School

Underlying assumptions. Schrodinger equation: interpretation, discrete and continuous basis, change of basis. One-dimensional examples: square potential, harmonic oscillator. Uncertainty relations, symmetries and their implications, angular momentum, hydrogen atom, spin, systems with N-degrees of freedom; time independent perturbation theory, Fermi's golden rule. Corequisite: 8005. [3]