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PHYSICS 460/560 - Quantum Physics

This is just one course. Undergrads enroll in PHYS 460 and grad students take PHYS 560. All problem sets and exams are identical.

Syllabus - Fall 2008
Example test questions
Lectures Fall 2008
Special Relativity (pdf) (ppt file )
pre-Quantum Mechanics (Ch. 1) (ppt file )
Waves and Schrodinger Equation (Ch. 2) (ppt file )
Solving Schrodinger Equation (Ch. 3) (ppt file )
Square Well Potential- Bound States and Barriers (Ch. 4) (ppt file )
Harmonic Oscillator I (Ch. 4) (ppt file )
General Structure of Wave Mechanics (Ch. 5) (ppt file )
Operators and Harmonic Oscillator II (Ch. 6) (ppt file )
Angular Momentum (Ch. 7) (ppt file )
Lectures Fall 2007
3D Schrodinger Eqn. (wells, H atom) (Ch. 8) (ppt file )
Spin (Ch. 10) (ppt file )
Time independent Perturbation Theory (Ch. 11) (ppt file )
The Real Hydrogen Atom (Ch. 12) (ppt file )
Many Particle Systems (Ch. 13) (ppt file )
Multi-electron Atoms (Ch. 14) (ppt file )
Time Dependent Perturbation Theory and Transitions (Ch. 15,17) (ppt file )
Lectures Fall 2006
Introduction to Quantum Statistics
Quantum Statistics Applications: H.O., Plank Distribution
Boson and Fermion Gases
Fermion Gases: Nuclei and Stars