| NFYC58 | Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Physics, 7,5 ECTS credits. /Kvantmekanik och molekylfysik/ |
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Area of Education: Science Subject area: Physics |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): C
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| Aim: The course should give a good understanding of the principles and concepts of quantum mechanics. The student should also become familiar with the most important methods and know how to apply them. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) NFYB43 Atomic and Nuclear Physics and NFYC51 Mathematical Methods of Physics I or equivalent courses. Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Supplementary courses: NFYD65 Quantum Dynamics. |
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| Organisation: Lectures and problem solving sessions. |
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| Course contents: The basic postulates of quantum mechanics. Hermitian operators. Commutation and uncertainty relations. Time evolution. x- and p-representation. Dirac's notation. Angular momentum operators, spin and Pauli matrices. Ladder operators. Time-independent perturbation theory, the Stark effect. The variational principle. Molecular orbitals and spectra. Many-particle systems, the helium atom. Symmetric and antisymmetric wave functions. Conceptual problems of quantum mechanics. |
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| Course literature: Alastair Rae: Quantum Mechanics 3rd ed., IoP. |
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| A written examination |
5 p |
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Course language is Swedish. Department offering the course: IFM. Director of Studies: Magnus Boman Examiner: Magnus Boman Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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