Rutgers University Department of Physics and Astronomy

PHYSICS 501, FALL 2012

GRADUATE QUANTUM MECHANICS I

SYLLABUS

Chapters Weeks Topic
1 2.0 Linear vector spaces and bra-ket notation
2-3 1.0 Transition from classical to quantum mechanics
4 1.5 Postulates of quantum mechanics
5-7 2.0 One-dimensional problems; Harmonic oscillator
10 1.0 Higher dimensions; elementary treatment of identical particles
11 1.5 Symmetries, quantum numbers, and conserved quantities
12 2.0 Rotational invariance and angular momentum
13 1.0 The hydrogen atom
14-15 2.0 Spin and addition of angular momentum

Chapter numbers refer to text of Shankar.


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