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 YoungNote: Changed from Mondays and WednesdaysOffice: 217 Kerr
Telephone: 459-4151
e-mail: peter@bartok
Location: Kerr 289
Times: Wednesdays, Fridays , 10:00 am.--11:45 am.
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 Introduction2. 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
effect.