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PHYSICS 2510 - Quantum Mechanics II

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 3610
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 7 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: Yes
Pre-Requisite: PHYSICS 1100 & PHYSICS 1200 & MATHS 1012 - Other students may apply to Head of Physics for exemption
Co-Requisite: MATHS 2102 or MATHS 2106. Other students may apply to Head of Physics for exemption
Assessment: Tutorial preparation, practical work, tests, written exam
Syllabus:

This course provides an introduction to quantum mechanics and continues the development of practical problem solving using laboratory experiments. Quantum Mechanics - Wave mechanics with examples from atomic, sub-atomic and solid state physics. Photons, Compton scattering, de Broglie hypotheses, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, probability distributions, probability density, plane waves, expectation values, operators, commutators, Schroedinger equation, energy quantisation, particle in a one dimensional box, eigenstates and degeneracy, measurement, probability flux, one-dimensional bound states and scattering, barrier penetration, harmonic oscillator, ladder operators, multi-particle states, indistinguishable particles, exclusion principle, magic numbers. Practical work includes laboratory experiments in instrumentation, general physics and modern physics.

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Units
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Amount
3
0.125
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
3610 Mon 14/03/2016 Thu 31/03/2016 Fri 06/05/2016 Fri 10/06/2016


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
10218 LE01 80 17 29 Feb - 4 Apr Monday 12pm - 1pm Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
1 Mar - 5 Apr Tuesday 9am - 10am Engineering Sth, S112, Teaching Room
3 Mar - 7 Apr Thursday 9am - 10am Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
25 Apr - 6 Jun Monday 12pm - 1pm Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
26 Apr - 7 Jun Tuesday 9am - 10am Engineering Sth, S112, Teaching Room
28 Apr - 9 Jun Thursday 9am - 10am Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
Related Class: Tutorial
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
10215 TU01 28 5 10 Mar - 7 Apr Thursday 1pm - 2pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room
28 Apr - 9 Jun Thursday 1pm - 2pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room
10216 TU02 28 FULL 11 Mar - 8 Apr Friday 11am - 12pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room
29 Apr - 10 Jun Friday 11am - 12pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room
10217 TU03 28 16 10 Mar - 7 Apr Thursday 3pm - 4pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room
28 Apr - 9 Jun Thursday 3pm - 4pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room
Related Class: Practical
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
14484 PR02 33 3 2 Mar - 6 Apr Wednesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
27 Apr - 8 Jun Wednesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
15004 PR03 33 FULL 1 Mar - 5 Apr Tuesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
26 Apr - 7 Jun Tuesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
Note: If the practical class that you need to enrol in to maintain a clash free timetable is showing as full, please email wayne.england@adelaide.edu.au