PHY413QuantumMechanics2Courseoutline

PartI:Simplesystems 12Lectures

1. ReviewofQuantumkinematicsanddynamics [2lectures]
a. Operators,VectorsinHilbertspace
b. PositionandMomentumOperators,xptransformation
c. Wavefunction,Schroedingerequation
d. Expectationvalues,Ehrenfesttheorem
e. Timedependence,Unitaryevolution

2. Pointparticlein2spacedimensions [4lectures]
a. Particlein2dimensionalbox,Degeneracy
b. Particlein2DPolarcoordinates
c. GaugeSymmetryandParticleinexternalfields
d. Landaulevels
e. SchwingerModel

3. Pointparticlein3spacedimensions [6lectures]
a. Particlein3dimensionalbox,SphericalHarmonicOscillator
b. AngularMomentumOperator(connectionwithSchwingermodel)
c. OperatorrepresentationSO(3),SU(2)etc
d. HydrogenAtom
Part2:Approximationmethods 12Lectures

4. StationaryPerturbationtheory [2lectures]
a. Nondegenerate
b. Degenerate(FermiGoldenRule)

5. Examples [3lectures]
a. HarmonicOscillatorin1dimension
b. Ammoniamoleculeinexternalfield
c. Starkeffect
d. Lambshift,hyperfinesplittinginHydrogenatom

6. Theorems [1lecture]
a. HellmannFeynmanTheorem
b. VirialTheorem
c. Liebstheorem

7. Variationalmethod,WKBapproximation [4lectures]

8. BornOppenheimerapproximation [2lectures]
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PartIII 12Lectures

9. Scatteringtheoryessentials [3lectures]
a. ElasticScatteringtheory
b. LippmannSchwingerequation

10. Approximationmethods [3lectures]

a. BornApproximation
b. Eikonalapproximation

11. Examples [3lectures]

a. Coloumbscattering
b. Resonancescatteringatlowenergies

12. Indistinguishableparticles [3lectures]

a. BosonsandFermions
b. Scatteringoftwoindistinguishableparticles
c. Twoelectronatoms
References
Thecourseoutlineisasuperpositionofseveralbooks.Inparticular

1. J.J.Sakurai,ModernQuantumMechanics,AddisonWesley
2. C. CohenTannoudji, Bernard Diu and Frank Lole, Quantum Mechanics Vol: 1.
WileyInterscience
3. J. S. Townsend, A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics, University Science
Books
4. Gennaro Auletta & Mauro Fortunato & Giorgio Parisi, Quantum Mechanics,
CambridgeUniversityPress

5. Zettili,QuantumMechanics,JohnWileyandSons
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Assignmentguidelines

1. Oneassignmentevery4lectures.Returndatewillbementionedontheassignment.
Anydeadlineextensionshouldbetoldthenextdayofreceivingtheassignment.

2. Please make sure that you do the assignment by yourself. You are free to consult your
classmates, seniors/Ph.D. students and make sure you understand the concept. To
know whether you have indeed done the assignment, time to time I will ask questions to
someofyou.

3. Do not take assignments to other faculties and ask them to solve for you. Faculties
havesolvedassignmentsintheirstudenttimes!Itisyourtimetosolvetheassignments.

4. Therewillbesurprisetestduringtheclasshour.
CourseSchedule

1. UptoFirstmidsemesterexam:PartI
2. BetweenIandIImidsemexam:PartII
3. BetweenIImidsemandFinalexam:PartIII