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Course: Quantum Mechanics I Level: Postgraduate Time: Currently not offered |
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| Syllabus Past Exams Syllabus: • (i) Physical Basis of Quantum Mechanics. (ii) Old Quantum theory. (iii) Uncertainty, Complimentarity and Duality. (iv) Measurement problems. (v) Heisenberg and Schrodinger representation. • (i) Schrodinger wave equation (ii) Perturbation theory. • Problem of two or more degrees of freedom without spherical symmetry; Stark effect. • Angular momentum, SU(2) algebra. • Three-dimensional Schrodinger equation. Problems with spherical symmetry. Harmonic Oscillator. • Scattering problem , differential cross section, phase shift, variational principle, SW transformation, Regge poles. • WKB approximation. • Particles with spin, Pauli matrices, Pauli-Schrodinger equation. Two and three body problems. Hydrogen atom in electric and magnetic field. • Quantum Statistics. Suggested Texts : (a) L.I. Schiff, Quantum Mechanics. (b) J.J. Sakurai, Modern Quantum Mechanics. (c) L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Quantum mechanics: non-relativistic theory,Course of Theoretical Physics Vol 3, Pergamon Press Ltd (1958). (d) L.M. Falicov, Group theory and its physical applications, Univ of Chicago Press (1966). Top of the page Past Exams | ||||
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