PHYS 487 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Course Description

Continuation of PHYS 486. Symmetry principles. Perturbation theory. Time depednent perturbation theory. Identical particles. Applications: spectral hyperfine structure, magnetic properties of matter, atomic spectroscopy of inner electrons, high-energy photon effects, molecular binding and spectra, emission and absorption of light

Course Information: 4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 486.

Textbook (required)

D. Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Third Edition
 

Supplemental Texts:

These are other introductory quantum physics textbooks that provide an alternative point of view to Griffiths:

Eugen Merzbacher, Quantum Mechanics (Good for intro to Many-Body QM)
Cohen and Tannoudji, Quantum Mechanics
R. Shankar, Principles of Quantum Mechanics, 2^nd Edition

Stephen Weinberg, Lectures on Quantum Mechanics 

 

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