| NFYC58 | Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Physics, 5 ECTS-points /KVANTMEKANIK OCH MOLEKYLFYSIK/ Advancement level: C | |
| 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 how to apply them to simple systems like e.g. molecules. Prerequisites: Attended NFYC51, Mathematical Methods of Physics I and NFYB43 Atomic and Nuclear Physics.Supplementary courses: General qualifications for university studies.Course organization: The course is presented in lectures.Course content: The Schrödinger equation. Parity, symmetric and antisymmetric wavefunctions, the hydrogen atom, the formal development of quantum mechanics, Hermitian operators, commutation relations and the uncertainty relations, angular momentum operators, spin, Pauli matrices, the Stern-Gerlach experiment, spin-orbit interaction, L-S coupling, the Zeeman effect, time independent perturbation theory, the Stark effect, the variational principle, time dependent perturbation theory, selection rules, many-particle systems, the helium atom. Chemical bonding, diatomic molecules, rotation- and vibration spectroscopy. The conceptual problems of quantum mechanics, Bells theorem and Aspects experiment.Course literature: Alastair Rae: Quantum Mechanics 3rd ed., IOD. Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen: Can quantum-mechanical description of physical reality be considered complete, Phys. Rev. 47, 777 (1935). Bell: On the Einstein Podolsky Rosen paradox, Physics 1, 195 (1964). | ||
| TEN1 | A written examination 5p | |