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PHYSICS 2510 - Quantum Mechanics II

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 3710
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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3
0.125
          
  


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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
3710 Mon 13/03/2017 Fri 31/03/2017 Fri 05/05/2017 Fri 09/06/2017


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
10217 LE01 80 13 1 Mar - 5 Apr Wednesday 11am - 12pm Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
2 Mar - 6 Apr Thursday 9am - 10am Napier, G04, Lecture Theatre
3 Mar - 7 Apr Friday 10am - 11am Engineering Sth, S111, Teaching Room
26 Apr - 7 Jun Wednesday 11am - 12pm Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
27 Apr - 8 Jun Thursday 9am - 10am Napier, G04, Lecture Theatre
28 Apr - 9 Jun Friday 10am - 11am Engineering Sth, S111, Teaching Room
Related Class: Workshop
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
10376 WR03 30 12 10 Mar - 7 Apr Friday 3pm - 4pm  
28 Apr - 9 Jun Friday 3pm - 4pm  
10377 WR02 30 2 9 Mar - 6 Apr Thursday 1pm - 2pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room
27 Apr - 8 Jun Thursday 1pm - 2pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room
10378 WR01 30 9 9 Mar - 6 Apr Thursday 11am - 12pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room
27 Apr - 8 Jun Thursday 11am - 12pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room
Related Class: Practical
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
14831 PR01 34 FULL 6 Mar - 6 Mar Monday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
20 Mar - 3 Apr Monday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
24 Apr - 5 Jun Monday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
15319 PR03 34 1 7 Mar - 4 Apr Tuesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
2 May - 6 Jun Tuesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory