Physics 215

Introduction to Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics

Course material, including this summary and homeworks, will be available on the web at http://bartok.ucsc.edu/peter/

 Instructor:	Peter Young

Office: 		217 Kerr

Telephone: 		459-4151

e-mail: 		peter@bartok

Location: 		Kerr 289

Times: 		Wednesdays, Fridays , 10:00 am.--11:45 am.

Note: Changed from Mondays and Wednesdays

Books
The required book is
Principles of Quantum Mechanics by R. Shankar, second edition.

Other recommended books are:
Lectures on Quantum Mechanics by G. Baym
Quantum Mechanics Vols. 1 and 2 by C. Cohen-Tannoudji et al.
Quantum Mechanics (non-relativistic theory) by L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz
Quantum Mechanics Vols. 1 and 2 by A. Messiah
Modern Quantum Mechanics by J.J. Sakurai
Quantum Mechanics Vol. 1, Fundamentals by K. Gottfried
Quantum Mechanics by E. Merzbacher

Course Outline

 
1.		Mathematical Introduction

2.		Postulates of Quantum Mechanics

3.		Quantum Dynamics

4.		The Harmonic Oscillator

5.		Further Aspects of One-dimensional Quantum Mechanics

6.		Scattering in One Dimension

7.		Two State Systems

8.		Symmetries in Quantum Mechanics

9.		Angular Momentum in Quantum Mechanics

10.		Rotationally Invariant Problems in 3 Dimensions

11.		The Hydrogen Atom

12.		Tensor Operators and the Wigner-Eckart Theorem

13.		Particle in a Magnetic Field, gauge invariance, Landau levels

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