PHYS 3037 - Honors Quantum Mechanics I

Course last offered 

 :   

Spring 2018/19

Instructor(s)

 :

CHAN Ho Bun

No. of credits

 :

4



Teaching Pattern

  • Duration of course: about 13 weeks

  • Lecture hour(s) per week: 4

 

Content

This course is a more in-depth version of PHYS3036 Quantum Mechanics I.

 

  • Classical mechanics
  • Schrödinger equation and simple examples in one-dimension
  • Formulation of quantum mechanics in terms of Hilbert space and Dirac bracket notation
  • Real and momentum space representations
  • Heisenberg and Schrödinger pictures
  • Schrödinger equation in three-dimensions
  • Angular momentum
  • Hydrogen atom wavefunction
  • Systems of identical particles
  • The periodic table

 

 

Remarks

  • Exclusion: PHYS 3036
  • Prerequisite: Grade B- or above in PHYS 2022