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PHYS 3037 - Honors Quantum Mechanics I
  
Course last offered 
 :   
Spring 2023/24
Instructor(s)
 :
CHAN Ho Bun, GUO Dengyang
No. of credits
 :
4


Teaching Pattern
  • Duration of course: about 13 weeks
  • Lecture hour(s) per week: 4
 
Content
This course is a more in-depth version of PHYS3036 Quantum Mechanics I.
 
  • Classical mechanics
  • Schrödinger equation and simple examples in one-dimension
  • Formulation of quantum mechanics in terms of Hilbert space and Dirac bracket notation
  • Real and momentum space representations
  • Heisenberg and Schrödinger pictures
  • Schrödinger equation in three-dimensions
  • Angular momentum
  • Hydrogen atom wavefunction
  • Systems of identical particles
  • The periodic table
 
 
Remarks
  • Exclusion: PHYS 3036
  • Prerequisite: Grade B- or above in PHYS 2022 
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS