PHYS 4410

Spring 2023

Quantum Mechanics 2


Course Information:


Lectures:

  • Lecture 1 (January 20): Harmonic oscillator: heuristic analysis
  • Lecture 2 (January 23): Harmonic oscillator: algebraic solution
  • Lecture 3 (January 25): Harmonic oscillator: solving problems
  • Lecture 3X (January 25): Harmonic oscillator: series solution
  • Lecture 4 (January 27): Harmonic oscillator: higher dimensions
  • Lecture 5 (January 30): Multiple particles
  • Lecture 6 (February 1): Parity symmetry
  • Lecture 7 (February 3): Bosons and fermions
  • Lecture 8 (February 6): Three or more bosons or fermions
  • Lecture 9 (February 8): The Fermi gas
  • Lecture 10 (February 10): Discrete translation symmetry: finite chain
  • Lecture 11 (February 13): Discrete translation symmetry: infinite chain
  • Lecture 12 (February 17): Metals and insulators
  • Lecture 13 (February 20): Continuous translation symmetry
  • Lecture 14 (February 22): Rotational symmetry
  • Lecture 15 (February 24): Angular momentum algebra
  • Lecture 16 (February 27): Symmetry in two particle systems
  • Lecture 17 (March 1): The hyperfine interaction
  • Lecture 18 (March 3): Angular momentum addition
  • Lecture 19 (March 6): Clebsch-Gordan coefficients
  • Lecture 20 (March 8): The variational principle
  • Lecture 21 (March 10): Exchange interactions
  • Lecture 22 (March 13): The helium atom
  • Lecture 23 (March 15): The Born-Oppenheimer approximation
  • Lecture 24 (March 17): Time-independent perturbation theory: introduction
  • Lecture 25 (March 20): Time-independent perturbation theory: first order
  • Lecture 26 (March 24): Time-independent perturbation theory: second order
  • Lecture 27 (April 3): Time-independent perturbation theory: degenerate
  • Lecture 28 (April 5): Symmetry-breaking perturbations
  • Lecture 29 (April 7): Time-dependent perturbation theory
  • Lecture 30 (April 10): Fermi's golden rule
  • Lecture 31 (April 12): Emission of electromagnetic radiation
  • Lecture 32 (April 14): Selection rules
  • Lecture 33 (April 17): The WKB approximation
  • Lecture 34 (April 19): The Bohr-Sommerfeld approximation
  • Lecture 35 (April 21): Tunneling
  • Lecture 36 (April 24): Metastable states
  • Lecture 37 (April 26): The adiabatic theorem
  • Lecture 38 (April 28): Landau-Zener transitions
  • Lecture 39 (May 1): Berry phase

Homework:


Practice Exams:


Exams: