PHYS 5950 - Advanced Quantum Mechanics

Goals: To introduce quantum mechanics as the language of modern physics with application to some typical problems.

Content: Schrodinger’s equation, probability and statistics, wave functions, operators, square well and other potentials, harmonic oscillator, scattering, function spaces, uncertainty principle, hydrogen atom, angular momentum, perturbation theory, and extensive use of advanced mathematical symbolism.

Taught: Alternate years.

Prerequisite: PHYS 3540 and MATH 3720.

Credits: 4