PHYS 4051 - Quantum Mechanics II

Teaching Pattern

• Duration of course: about 13 weeks

• Lecture hour(s) per week: 3

Content

This course is mainly on approximation methods in quantum mechanics:

• Stationary state perturbation theory
• Variational principle
• WKB method
• Time-dependent perturbation theory
• Emission and absorption of radiation
• Adiabatic approximation and geometric phase
• Scattering theory

Remarks

• Prerequisite: PHYS 3031/MATH 4052, and PHYS 3036/PHYS 3037