PHYS 486 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Course Description

Atomic phenomena integrated with an introduction to quantum theory; evidence for the atomic nature of matter and the properties of the Schrodinger equation, single particle solutions in one dimension, the hydrogen atom, perturbation theory, external fields, and atomic spectroscopy of outer electrons.
4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 214 and PHYS 435 or ECE 329.

Syllabus

Introduction
Uncertainty Principle
Solutions to the Schroedinger Equation
Hilbert spaces and observables
Spin and angular momentum
Hydrogen atom
Two-particle systems
WKB approximation
[time permitting] (Non-) degenerate Perturbation Theory

Textbook (required)

D. Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 3^rd Edition

Supplemental Texts

L. Landau, Quantum Mechanics: Non-Relativistic Theory, 3^rdEedition
R. Feynman, Feynman Lectures on Physics v.3
Eisberg and Resnick, Quantum Physics: Of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles, 2nd Edition
M.A. Nielsen, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information

Bransden and Joachaim, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
Cohen and Tannoudji, Quantum Mechanics
R. Shankar, Principles of Quantum Mechanics, 2^nd Edition