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PHY 851 : Quantum Mechanics I |
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Description of the Course PHY 851 forms the first part of a two-semester graduate course in Quantum Mechanics at Michigan State University. It is administered during the fall semester by the Physics and Astronomy Department and forms one of the core courses every graduate student in Physics is required to take. Graduate students specializing in Astrophysics however are exempt from this requirement. PHY 851 assumes no prior exposure to the subject. The course starts right from the beginning of Old Quantum Theory with the Bohr’s atom and goes on to cover introductory concepts such as De-Broglie waves, Simple 1D Potential Barriers, Tunneling, Schrödinger equation, Uncertainty Relations, Hilbert Space and Operator Algebra, Coordinate and Momentum Representation, Harmonic Oscillator, Spherically Symmetric Potentials, Spherical Functions, Angular Momentum and the Hydrogen Atom. Further advanced topics such as
Spin, Motion in Magnetic Field, Scattering Theory and Relativistic Quantum
Mechanics form the core topics of the second part of the course i.e. PHY 852
Quantum Mechanics II. Click here to go to the course
webpage for PHY 852. These pages contain various lecture handouts, exam papers and quizzes along with the solutions for PHY 851 administered during Fall 2004. Webpage Last Updated on |
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