Course Detail
Units:
4.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Course Attribute:
Honors Course
Description
The first semester of a two-semester course in quantum and statistical mechanics. Topics include wave functions and operators, Schrodinger equation; mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics, eigenvalues and eigenfunctions, Hilbert space, observables and Hermitian operators, Dirac bra and ket notation; hydrogen atom, Laguerre polynomials, spherical harmonics, orbital angular momentum; spin, Pauli spin matrices, Larmor precession, Zeeman effect; time-independent perturbation theory. Recommended Prerequisites: PHYS 4410, MATH 3150 AND MATH 3160.