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PHYSICS 2510 - Quantum Mechanics II

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 3910
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 7 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: Yes
Pre-Requisite: PHYSICS 1100 & PHYSICS 1200 & MATHS 1012 - Other students may apply to Head of Physics for exemption
Co-Requisite: MATHS 2102 or MATHS 2106. Other students may apply to Head of Physics for exemption
Assessment: Tutorial preparation, practical work, tests, written exam
Syllabus:

This course provides an introduction to quantum mechanics and continues the development of practical problem solving using laboratory experiments. Quantum Mechanics - Wave mechanics with examples from atomic, sub-atomic and solid state physics. Photons, Compton scattering, de Broglie hypotheses, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, probability distributions, probability density, plane waves, expectation values, operators, commutators, Schroedinger equation, energy quantisation, particle in a one dimensional box, eigenstates and degeneracy, measurement, probability flux, one-dimensional bound states and scattering, barrier penetration, harmonic oscillator, ladder operators, multi-particle states, indistinguishable particles, exclusion principle, magic numbers. Practical work includes laboratory experiments in instrumentation, general physics and modern physics.

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3
0.125
          
  


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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
3910 Mon 18/03/2019 Sun 31/03/2019 Fri 10/05/2019 Fri 14/06/2019


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
10108 LE01 90 14 5 Mar - 9 Apr Tuesday 12pm - 1pm Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
6 Mar - 10 Apr Wednesday 12pm - 1pm Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
7 Mar - 11 Apr Thursday 12pm - 1pm Engineering Sth, S111, Teaching Room
30 Apr - 11 Jun Tuesday 12pm - 1pm Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
1 May - 5 Jun Wednesday 12pm - 1pm Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
2 May - 13 Jun Thursday 12pm - 1pm Engineering Sth, S111, Teaching Room
Related Class: Workshop
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
10319 WR02 30 4 13 Mar - 10 Apr Wednesday 9am - 10am Badger, LG17, Teaching Room
1 May - 12 Jun Wednesday 9am - 10am Badger, LG17, Teaching Room
10320 WR03 30 10 14 Mar - 11 Apr Thursday 3pm - 4pm Badger, LG17, Teaching Room
2 May - 13 Jun Thursday 3pm - 4pm Badger, LG17, Teaching Room
10321 WR01 30 FULL 14 Mar - 11 Apr Thursday 2pm - 3pm Badger, LG17, Teaching Room
2 May - 13 Jun Thursday 2pm - 3pm Badger, LG17, Teaching Room
Related Class: Practical
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
14532 PR01 30 4 18 Mar - 8 Apr Monday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
29 Apr - 10 Jun Monday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
14533 PR03 30 6 13 Mar - 10 Apr Wednesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
1 May - 12 Jun Wednesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
15109 PR02 30 4 12 Mar - 9 Apr Tuesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory
30 Apr - 11 Jun Tuesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132/133, Laboratory