Fall 2023 - PHYS 810 G100

Advanced Quantum Mechanics (3)

Class Number: 1419

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 6 – Dec 5, 2023: Mon, Wed, Fri, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

    Oct 10, 2023: Tue, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • 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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