Quantum Mechanics II

Undergraduate

An introduction to more advanced topics in quantum mechanics. Topics to be covered may include: operators and physical observables, postulates on measurements, representation and change of basis, two-state systems, quantum entanglement, degeneracy, generalized uncertainty principle, operator method for simple harmonic oscillator, Hamiltonian as a generator of translations in time, momentum as a generator of spatial translations, angular momentum as a generator of spatial rotations, symmetries and conservation laws, Zeeman effect, density matrices, the variational method. (Prerequisites: PHYS-3100 and PHYS-3500, or consent of instructor.) (3 lecture hours per week.)