Fall 2022 - PHYS 810 G100
Advanced Quantum Mechanics (3)
Class Number: 1977
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 7 – Dec 6, 2022: Mon, Wed, Fri, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Igor Herbut
iherbut@sfu.ca
1 778 782-5768
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Prerequisites:
PHYS 415, or equivalent.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Advanced non-relativistic and some basic relativistic quantum mechanics: symmetries, Schroedinger/Heisenberg pictures, mixtures, variational and perturbative methods, Dirac equation.
COURSE DETAILS:
– Review of linear vector spaces and operators, Hilbert spaces
– States and observables, entanglement
– Symmetries and conservation laws
– Squeezed and coherent states
– Angular momentum; rotations
– Perturbation theory and variational methods
– Time dependent phenomena
– Identical particles
– Relativistic quantum mechanics
Grading
- Homework 40%
- Midterm Exam 20%
- Final Exam 40%
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
Recommended textbooks:
Quantum Mechanics: Fundamentals, K. Gottfried and T.-M. Yang
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Registrar Notes:
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