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Quantum Mechanics 2 and Atomic Physics

  • PHYS3001
  • not available in 2013 (see Timetable)
  • 6 points
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This unit covers (1) quantum mechanics—operators, matrix mechanics and Dirac formalism, uncertainty relations, measurement theory, spin one-half particles and two-state systems, conservation and symmetry, angular momentum and addition rules, periodic potentials, many particle wave functions; and (2) atomic physics—Schroedinger equation in three dimensions and the hydrogen atom, time-independent perturbation theory, spin orbit coupling and relativistic effects in the real hydrogen atom, atoms and molecules. -- Course Website

Instructor: Professor Jingbo Wang

Prerequisites: PHYS2001 Quantum Mechanics 1 and Electromagnetism and PHYS2002 The Physics of Particles



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