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PHYSICS 2510 - Quantum Mechanics II

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 4310
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
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
4310 Tue 14/03/2023 Thu 23/03/2023 Fri 05/05/2023 Fri 09/06/2023


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
10172 LE01 90 25 28 Feb - 4 Apr Tuesday 11am - 12pm Engineering Sth, S112, Teaching Room
1 Mar - 5 Apr Wednesday 9am - 10am Engineering Sth, S112, Teaching Room
3 Mar - 7 Apr Friday 10am - 11am Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre
25 Apr - 6 Jun Tuesday 11am - 12pm Engineering Sth, S112, Teaching Room
26 Apr - 7 Jun Wednesday 9am - 10am Engineering Sth, S112, Teaching Room
28 Apr - 9 Jun Friday 10am - 11am Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre
Related Class: Workshop
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
10384 WR01 27 3 9 Mar - 6 Apr Thursday 11am - 12pm Lower Napier, LG24, Teaching Room
27 Apr - 8 Jun Thursday 11am - 12pm Lower Napier, LG24, Teaching Room
10385 WR03 29 12 9 Mar - 6 Apr Thursday 10am - 11am Lower Napier, LG24, Teaching Room
27 Apr - 8 Jun Thursday 10am - 11am Lower Napier, LG24, Teaching Room
10386 WR02 29 5 8 Mar - 5 Apr Wednesday 10am - 11am Lower Napier, LG24, Teaching Room
26 Apr - 7 Jun Wednesday 10am - 11am Lower Napier, LG24, Teaching Room
Related Class: Practical
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
14963 PR03 20 FULL 9 Mar - 6 Apr Thursday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
27 Apr - 8 Jun Thursday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
14964 PR02 20 FULL 8 Mar - 5 Apr Wednesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
26 Apr - 7 Jun Wednesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
15585 PR01 30 12 7 Mar - 4 Apr Tuesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
25 Apr - 6 Jun Tuesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory