Jean-Francois Van Huele

N151 ESC       422-4481

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vanhuele@byu.edu

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PHYSICS   751 

 

Fall 2009 

 

Advanced Quantum Mechanics

Tue  9:00-10:00 a.m.     Thu 9:00-10:30 a.m.       

C258 ESC

Office Hours: by appointment

Quantum Mechanics  Paul Strange   (Cambridge, 1st edition)

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Class Participation

 30 %

 Class participation means being prepared to teach the class every period with the help of the book and of the other students. One weekly assignment of exercises and problems from the textbook will lead to homework credit. Two midterms will be given after covering chapters 1-5, chapters 6-10. The final is scheduled for Monday, December 14.

Topics

  • Special Relativity
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Klein Gordon and Dirac Equations
  • Symmetries
  • Potential Problems
  • Many Electrons
  • Second Quantization
  • Perturbation Theory
  • Applications

 

Homework 

HW7. HW8, HW9, HW10

 20 %

Midterms T1

 20 %

Final Exam

 30 %

 

Total

 

100 %
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