Quantum Mechanics PHYS 431

 

Lambert Murray Professor of Physics lmurray@harding.edu

Texts: Gasiorowicz, Quantum Mechanics, 3rd ed., J. Wiley, 2003 This course builds on the introductory material in Modern Physics (Phys 301). It is a more mathematically rigorous treatment of basic non-relativistic quantum mechanics. Outline of Course (Links to .pdf files - be patient) I. Introduction to Quantum Ideas (Review of Modern Physics) Chapter One Notes Appendix 1.A Correspondence Principle II. The Wave Function and Probability Chapter Two Notes Appendix 2.A Deriving Schrodinger's Equation Appendix 2.B Integration by Parts Appendix 2.C Evaluation of Gaussian Integrals III. Free Particle Wave Packets Chapter Three Notes Appendix 3.A General Solution of Forced Particles IV. The Infinite Square Well Chapter Four Notes Appendix 4.A Symmetric Boundaries Appendix 4.B The Uncertainty Principle Appendix 4.C Matrix Elements V. The Delta Function Potential Chapter Five Notes VI. Square Wells of Finite Width and Height Chapter Six Notes VII. The Quantum Mechanical Simple Harmonic Oscillator - Analytical Method Chapter Seven Notes VIII. The Formal Structure of Quantum Mechanics Chapter Eight Notes Appendix 8.A The Generalized Uncertainty Principle IX. Operator Techniques for the Simple Harmonic Oscillator Chapter Nine Notes X. The Schrodinger Equation in Three Dimensions and Angular Momentum Chapter Ten Notes XI. Half-Integer Spin Systems Chapter Eleven Notes

 

 

 

 

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