Topics Covered
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Natural Units
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Degenerate Fermi Systems
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Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field
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Time-independent Perturbation Theory
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Variational and Semi-classical Methods
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The Adiabatic Approximation and Berry's Phase
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Scattering
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Time-dependent Perturbation Theory
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Quantum Computing
Topics covered in detail (PDF)
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
RELATED ASSIGNMENTS |
| 1 |
Natural Units |
Assignment 1 |
| 2-4 |
Degenerate Fermi Systems |
Assignment 1,2 |
| 4-8 |
Charged Particles in a
Magnetic Field |
Assignments 2, 3, 4 |
| 9-12 |
Time-independent
Perturbation Theory |
Assignments 4, 5, 6 |
| 13-15 |
Variational and
Semi-classical Methods |
Assignments 7, 8 |
| 16-18 |
The Adiabatic
Approximation and Berry's Phase |
Assignment 8 |
| 19-23 |
Scattering |
Assignments 9, 10 |
| 23-24 |
Time-dependent
Perturbation Theory |
Optional Problem Set |
| 25 |
Quantum Computing |
Optional Problem Set |
Texts
Griffiths, David J. Introduction to Quantum
Mechanics. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice
Hall, 2005. ISBN: 0131118927. (Required)
Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude. Quantum Mechanics.
2 vols. New York, NY: Wiley, 1977. ISBN: 0471164321. (Strongly
recommended)
References
Sakurai, J. J. Modern Quantum Mechanics.
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub., 1994. ISBN: 0201539292.
(Recommended if you like it; somewhat advanced)
Shankar, Ramamurti. Principles of Quantum
Mechanics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Plenum Press, 1994. ISBN:
0306447908. (Recommended if you like it; somewhat advanced)
Ohanian, Hans. Principles of Quantum Mechanics.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1989. ISBN: 0137127952.
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