PHYSICS 3544 - Quantum Mechanics III
Career: | Undergraduate |
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Units: | 3 |
Term: | 4020 |
Campus: | North Terrace |
Contact: | Up to 4 hours per week |
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: | Yes |
Available for Non-Award Study: | Yes |
Pre-Requisite: | PHYSICS 3542, MATHS 2101 or MATHS 2201, MATHS 2102 or MATHS 2202 |
Assumed Knowledge: | PHYSICS 2532 |
Incompatible: | PHYSICS 3022 |
Assessment: | Written exam, tests |
Syllabus: |
This course will introduce Dirac's bra-ket formulation of quantum mechanics and make students familiar with various approximation methods applied to atomic, nuclear and solid-state physics, and to scattering. Content will include: Dirac's formulation of quantum mechanics: kets and bras, quantum oscillator, angular momentum, measurement, Bell's inequality, generalised Uncertainty Principle, connection with wave and matrix mechanics. Time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory, Schrodinger, Heisenberg and Interaction pictures, radiative transitions. Identical particles, atoms, exchange forces, periodic systems, energy bands in solids. Symmetries, translations in space and time, parity and time reversal, rotations and angular momentum, addition of angular momenta, fine structure of Hydrogen, L-S and j-j coupling in atoms and nuclei. Hartree-Fock and Thomas-Fermi approximations, variational and WKB methods. Scattering: Born approximation, S-matrix, partial waves. |
Course Fees
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EFTSL | |||
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0.125 |
Course Outline
A Course Outline which includes Learning Outcomes, Learning Resources, Learning & Teaching for this course may be accessed here
Critical Dates
Term | Last Day to Add Online | Census Date | Last Day to WNF | Last Day to WF |
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4020 | Mon 10/08/2020 | Wed 19/08/2020 | Fri 30/10/2020 | Not Available |
Class Details
Enrolment Class: Lecture | |||||||
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Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
20327 | LE01 | 70 | 21 | 27 Jul - 14 Sep | Monday | 1pm - 2pm | MyUni, OL, Online Class |
29 Jul - 16 Sep | Wednesday | 11am - 12pm | MyUni, OL, Online Class | ||||
31 Jul - 18 Sep | Friday | 10am - 11am | MyUni, OL, Online Class | ||||
5 Aug - 5 Aug | Wednesday | 9am - 10am | Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre | ||||
26 Aug - 26 Aug | Wednesday | 9am - 10am | Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre | ||||
16 Sep - 16 Sep | Wednesday | 9am - 10am | Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre | ||||
5 Oct - 26 Oct | Monday | 1pm - 2pm | MyUni, OL, Online Class | ||||
7 Oct - 28 Oct | Wednesday | 11am - 12pm | MyUni, OL, Online Class | ||||
9 Oct - 30 Oct | Friday | 10am - 11am | MyUni, OL, Online Class | ||||
21 Oct - 21 Oct | Wednesday | 9am - 10am | Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre | Note: The Wednesday 9am lecture slot is used for Level III lecture tests and is shared with Quantum Mech. III, Adv Dyn. & Rel. and Optics & Photonics III. | |||
Related Class: Workshop | |||||||
Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
20665 | WR02 | 27 | 5 | 7 Aug - 18 Sep | Friday | 2pm - 3pm | |
9 Oct - 30 Oct | Friday | 2pm - 3pm | Note: Available face-to-face (on-campus). Held in Physics room 121. | ||||
20666 | WR01 | 27 | FULL | 5 Aug - 16 Sep | Wednesday | 1pm - 2pm | |
7 Oct - 28 Oct | Wednesday | 1pm - 2pm | Note: Available face-to-face (on-campus). Held in Physics room 121. |