5.73 Intro Quantum Mechanics I
Fall 2009
Instructor: Robert Guy Griffin
TA: Albert Andrew Smith
Lecture: MWF 9-10 (Ends October 21) (2-131)
Subject Description:
Fundamental concepts of quantum mechanics: wave properties, uncertainty principles, Schrodinger equation, and operator and matrix methods. Basic applications to: one-dimensional potentials (harmonic oscillator), three-dimensional centrosymetric potentials (hydrogen atom), and angular momentum and spin. Approximation methods: WKB method, variational principle, and perturbation theory.
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