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Quantum Mechanics Ii (Phys 501) Jan-April 2009

This document outlines the topics and schedule for the course Quantum Mechanics II taking place from January to April 2009. The course will be taught by Professor PCE Stamp and will cover the basics of quantum mechanics, fermions and bosons, perturbation theory, semiclassical approximations, and spin and angular momentum. Recommended books are provided, but the main material will come from course notes and selected readings. The level of the course will depend on the audience.

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Quantum Mechanics Ii (Phys 501) Jan-April 2009

This document outlines the topics and schedule for the course Quantum Mechanics II taking place from January to April 2009. The course will be taught by Professor PCE Stamp and will cover the basics of quantum mechanics, fermions and bosons, perturbation theory, semiclassical approximations, and spin and angular momentum. Recommended books are provided, but the main material will come from course notes and selected readings. The level of the course will depend on the audience.

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QUANTUM MECHANICS II (PHYS 501)

Jan-April 2009
Lecturer: PCE Stamp (room 311A)

What follows is a rough guide to what will be in this course. There is no set book for the course – there
are of course many books at roughly the level of this course, and a list of some good ones is given
below. However the course notes, supplemented by selected reading, should suffice as background
material. The course will include many examples from different fields of physics. The level of the
course will depend to some extent on the audience.

(1) BASICS
Classical Physics: Hamiltonians & Lagrangians, & Symmetries
Wave-functions and density matrices; Schrodinger eqtn.
Quantum Measurements & Entanglement
Basic Theory of Path integrals - derivation of Schrodinger eqtn

(2) FERMIONS & BOSONS


Statistics – fermions, bosons, & anyons
2nd quantization; coherent states

(3) PERTURBATION THEORY


Time-independent theory: expansion in small parameter; diagrammatic representation
Level repulsion
Scattering theory: Born approximation, S-matrix & T-matrix; Resonant scattering, bound states
Time-dependent perturbation theory: Adiabatic & sudden limits; Fermi Golden rule
Landau-Zener formula, Berry phase; asymptotic results

(4) SEMICLASSICAL APPROXIMATIONS


Classical & Quantum orbits; trace formulae; quantum chaos
WKB and Tunneling, and other non-perturbative effects; topological phase

(5) SPIN & ANGULAR MOMENTUM


Spin & Angular momentum algebra
Scattering off central fields; applications in atomic, nuclear, & condensed matter physics
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen effects; separability; quantum teleportation
Coherent states & path integrals for spin. Spin tunneling & topological spin phase

SOME USEFUL BOOKS

AB Migdal “Qualitative Methods in Quantum Theory“


LD Landau EM Lifshitz “Quantum Mechanics“
K Gottfried “Quantum Mechanics”
RP Feynman AR Hibbs “Quantum Mechanics & Path Integrals”
JJ Sakurai “Advanced Quantum Mechanics”
LS Schulman “Techniques & Applications of Path Integrals”
LI Schiff “Quantum Mechanics”
RP Feynman, RB Leighton, M Sands “Feynman lectures on Physics, vol III”

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