PHYS 3036 - Quantum Mechanics I

Course last offered 

 :   

Spring 2018/19

Instructor(s)

 :

CHAN Ho Bun

No. of credits

 :

3



Teaching Pattern

  • Duration of course: about 13 weeks

  • Lecture hour(s) / tutorial hour(s) per week: 3 / 1

 

Content

  • Basic properties of Schrödinger equation
  • Bound and scattering states in simple one-dimensional potentials
  • Formulation of quantum mechanics in terms of Hilbert space and Dirac bracket notation
  • Schrödinger equation in three-dimensions
  • Angular momentum
  • Hydrogen atom wavefunction
  • Systems of identical particles
  • Spin and statistics
  • Multi-electron atoms and the periodic table

 

Remarks

  • Exclusion: PHYS 3037
  • Prerequisite: PHYS 2022