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Jul 03, 2025
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Graduate Bulletin 2007-09 [Archived Catalog]
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PHYS 550 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
Brief historical survey of the development of quantum mechanics; waves in classical physics; wavepackets; uncertainty principle; wave functions; operators; expectation values of dynamical observable; Schrodinger equation; application of Schrodinger equation to one-dimensional problems; the hydrogen atom; electron spin; periodic table; and selected topics in perturbation theory, scattering theory, and compounding of angular moments.
Preparation for Course
P: 342 and at least one other junior-level course in mathematics and physics or equivalent.
Cr. 3.
Dual Level Course
Dual Level, Undergraduate-Graduate
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