Course Numbers: Phys 4800 and Phys 4810
Course Name: Quantum Mechanics I & II
Credits: Both 3 Cr
Instructor: Michael Tringides (mctringi@iastate.edu)
PreReq: Phys 4800: Credit in MATH 3850 and PHYS 3210; Phys 4810: Credit in PHYS 4800
Course Descriptions
Two-semester sequence that provides a systematic development of the formalism and applications of quantum mechanics. Topics covered include:
Phys 4800 (Fall)
- Solutions to the time independent Schrodinger equation for various one-dimensional potentials including the harmonic oscillator
- Operator methods
- Heisenberg picture
- Angular momentum
- Hydrogen atom
- Spin
- Symmetry properties.
Phys 4810 (Spring)
- Addition of angular momentum
- Charged particles in electromagnetic fields
- Time-independent perturbation theory
- Variational principles
- WKB approximation
- Interaction picture
- Time-dependent perturbation theory
- Adiabatic approximation
- Scattering; selected topics in radiation theory
- Quantum paradoxes