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5.73  Intro Quantum Mechanics I

Fall 2011

Instructor: Robert Guy Griffin

TA: Shane Yost

Lecture:  TR9-10.30  (NW14-1112)        

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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