PHY456H1
Quantum Mechanics II
Official description
Quantum dynamics in Heisenberg and Schrodinger pictures; WKB approximation; variational method; time-independent perturbation theory; spin; addition of angular momentum; time-dependent perturbation theory; scattering. o
- Prerequisite
- PHY356H1
- Co-requisite
- n.a.
- Exclusion
- PHY457H1
- Recommended preparation
- n.a.
- Textbook
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Principles of Quantum Mechanics (second edition) , R. Shankar, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers - Breadth requirement
- BR=5
- Distribution requirement
- DR=SCI
Additional information
Elementary scattering theory. Electron spin. Addition of angular momenta. Variational method, stationary perturbation theory; applications. Time-dependent perturbation theory; applications. Systems of identical particles.
- course title
- PHY456H1
- session
- fall
- year of study
- 4th year
- time and location
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24L: LEC0101: MW1, Room: MP202 In Person LEC910: MW1, On line Synchronous 12T: T1 , Room: MP134, In Person R1, Room: MP134, In Person T1, R1: On line Synchronous Lectures will be recorded on Blackboard Collaborate. Students will be expected to read identified sections of the text before lectures. Questions in lecture can be asked by “chat,” but for more detailed discussions it would be useful if students had access to a microphone.
- instructor
