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Course title |
Quantum Mechanics (1)(tigp) |
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Semester |
114-1 |
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Designated for |
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS |
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Instructor |
SHANG-FAN LEE |
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Curriculum Number |
Phys8067 |
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Curriculum Identity Number |
222ED5061 |
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Class |
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Credits |
3.0 |
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Full/Half
Yr. |
Full |
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Required/
Elective |
Elective |
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Time |
Thursday 7,8,9(14:20~17:20) |
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Remarks |
The upper limit of the number of students: 20.
The upper limit of the number of non-majors: 2. |
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Course introduction video |
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Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
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Course Syllabus
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Course Description |
Provides a comprehensive exposition of the concepts and techniques of quantum
mechanics.
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Course Objective |
To enable students to solve realistic nontrivial problems. |
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Course Requirement |
Students are assumed to know the basics of modern atomic physics and quantum theory. |
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Student Workload (Expected weekly study hours before and/or after class) |
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Office Hours |
Appointment required. Note: By appointment. |
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Designated reading |
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References |
Eugen Merzbacher, Quantum Mechanics, third ed.
Kurt Gottfried and Tung-Mow Yan, Quantum Mechanics, second ed.
Steven Weinberg, Lectures on Quantum Mechanics, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013
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Grading |
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No. |
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Explanations for the conditions |
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1. |
Home works and examinations |
100% |
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Week |
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Topic |
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Week 1 |
9/04 |
Historical introduction, Photons, Black-body radiation, Atomic constants, the wave function and its meaning |
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Week 2 |
9/11 |
Wave packets, free particle motion, and the wave equation |
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Week 3 |
9/18 |
The Schrodinger equation, the wave function and operator algebra |
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Week 4 |
9/25 |
Complementary and the Uncertainty principle |
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Week 5 |
10/02 |
Principles of Wave Mechanics |
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Week 6 |
10/09 |
Harmonic Oscillator |
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Week 7 |
10/16 |
One dimensional potential problem |
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Week 8 |
10/23 |
The WKB approximation |
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Week 9 |
10/30 |
Variational methods and perturbation theory |
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Week 10 |
11/06 |
Vector spaces in Quantum Mechanics |
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Week 11 |
11/13 |
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors of operators |
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Week 12 |
11/20 |
Angular momentum |
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Week 13 |
11/27 |
The principles of quantum dynamics |
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Week 14 |
12/04 |
Quantum dynamics of a particle, Feynman path integral |
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Week 15 |
12/11 |
The spin, density matrix and spin polarization |
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Week 16 |
12/18 |
Paradoxes of entanglement, the bell inequalities |