Part II: Advanced Quantum Mechanics - course webpage

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  • Part IB Quantum physics
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Modified: November 5, 2009
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Lecture Description Problem sets Further resources
Preface
Lec 1 shrunk Foundations of quantum physics History of quantum mechanics
Lec 2 shrunk Quantum mechanics in one dimension Quantum mechanics simulation applet
Lec 3 shrunk Operator methods in quantum mechanics
Lec 4 shrunk Quantum mechanics in more than one dimension
Lec 5-6 shrunk Motion of a charged particle in a magnetic field
Lec 6-7 shrunk Quantum mechanical spin and addition of angular momenta Problem set I Answers
Lec 8-10 shrunk Approximation methods for stationary states (perturbation theory, variational method and WKB)
Lec 11 shrunk Identical particles Problem set II Answers
Lec 12-14 shrunk Atomic structure
Lec 15 shrunk From molecules to solids Problem set III Answers
Lec 16-17 shrunk Quantum field theory: from phonons to photons Anderson, More is different
Lec 18 shrunk Time-dependent perturbation theory
Lec 19 shrunk Radiative transitions and quantum optics
Lec 20-21 shrunk Scattering theory
Lec 22-24 shrunk Relativistic quantum mechanics Problem set IV Answers Advanced visual quantum mechanics
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