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PHYSICS 2510 - Quantum Mechanics II

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 3810
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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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
3810 Mon 12/03/2018 Sat 31/03/2018 Fri 04/05/2018 Fri 08/06/2018


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
10246 LE01 90 18 26 Feb - 26 Mar Monday 11am - 12pm Hughes, 309, Hughes Lecture Theatre
1 Mar - 29 Mar Thursday 1pm - 2pm Hughes, 309, Hughes Lecture Theatre
2 Mar - 23 Mar Friday 2pm - 3pm Hughes, 309, Hughes Lecture Theatre
16 Apr - 4 Jun Monday 11am - 12pm Hughes, 309, Hughes Lecture Theatre
19 Apr - 7 Jun Thursday 1pm - 2pm Hughes, 309, Hughes Lecture Theatre
20 Apr - 8 Jun Friday 2pm - 3pm Hughes, 309, Hughes Lecture Theatre
Related Class: Workshop
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
10351 WR02 30 3 7 Mar - 28 Mar Wednesday 12pm - 1pm Lower Napier, LG23, Teaching Room
18 Apr - 18 Apr Wednesday 12pm - 1pm Lower Napier, LG23, Teaching Room
2 May - 6 Jun Wednesday 12pm - 1pm Lower Napier, LG23, Teaching Room
10352 WR03 30 8 8 Mar - 29 Mar Thursday 10am - 11am Lower Napier, LG23, Teaching Room
19 Apr - 7 Jun Thursday 10am - 11am Lower Napier, LG23, Teaching Room
10353 WR01 30 7 7 Mar - 28 Mar Wednesday 9am - 10am Lower Napier, LG23, Teaching Room
18 Apr - 18 Apr Wednesday 9am - 10am Lower Napier, LG23, Teaching Room
2 May - 6 Jun Wednesday 9am - 10am Lower Napier, LG23, Teaching Room
Related Class: Practical
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
14814 PR01 26 FULL 5 Mar - 5 Mar Monday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
19 Mar - 26 Mar Monday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
16 Apr - 4 Jun Monday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
14815 PR03 27 5 7 Mar - 28 Mar Wednesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
18 Apr - 18 Apr Wednesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
2 May - 6 Jun Wednesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
15302 PR02 25 3 6 Mar - 27 Mar Tuesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
17 Apr - 17 Apr Tuesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
1 May - 5 Jun Tuesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory