PHYS 4051 - Quantum Mechanics II

Course last offered 

 :   

Fall 2018/19

Instructor(s)

 :

LAW Kam Tuen

No. of credits

 :

3



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