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PHYSICS 3544 - Quantum Mechanics III
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PHYSICS 3544 - Quantum Mechanics III

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 4020
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 4 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: Yes
Pre-Requisite: PHYSICS 3542, MATHS 2101 or MATHS 2201, MATHS 2102 or MATHS 2202
Assumed Knowledge: PHYSICS 2532
Incompatible: PHYSICS 3022
Assessment: Written exam, tests
Syllabus:

This course will introduce Dirac's bra-ket formulation of quantum mechanics and make students familiar with various approximation methods applied to atomic, nuclear and solid-state physics, and to scattering. Content will include: Dirac's formulation of quantum mechanics: kets and bras, quantum oscillator, angular momentum, measurement, Bell's inequality, generalised Uncertainty Principle, connection with wave and matrix mechanics. Time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory, Schrodinger, Heisenberg and Interaction pictures, radiative transitions. Identical particles, atoms, exchange forces, periodic systems, energy bands in solids. Symmetries, translations in space and time, parity and time reversal, rotations and angular momentum, addition of angular momenta, fine structure of Hydrogen, L-S and j-j coupling in atoms and nuclei. Hartree-Fock and Thomas-Fermi approximations, variational and WKB methods. Scattering: Born approximation, S-matrix, partial waves.

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3
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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
4020 Mon 10/08/2020 Wed 19/08/2020 Fri 30/10/2020 Not Available


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
20327 LE01 70 21 27 Jul - 14 Sep Monday 1pm - 2pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
29 Jul - 16 Sep Wednesday 11am - 12pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
31 Jul - 18 Sep Friday 10am - 11am MyUni, OL, Online Class
5 Aug - 5 Aug Wednesday 9am - 10am Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre
26 Aug - 26 Aug Wednesday 9am - 10am Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre
16 Sep - 16 Sep Wednesday 9am - 10am Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre
5 Oct - 26 Oct Monday 1pm - 2pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
7 Oct - 28 Oct Wednesday 11am - 12pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
9 Oct - 30 Oct Friday 10am - 11am MyUni, OL, Online Class
21 Oct - 21 Oct Wednesday 9am - 10am Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre
Note: The Wednesday 9am lecture slot is used for Level III lecture tests and is shared with Quantum Mech. III, Adv Dyn. & Rel. and Optics & Photonics III.
Related Class: Workshop
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
20665 WR02 27 5 7 Aug - 18 Sep Friday 2pm - 3pm  
9 Oct - 30 Oct Friday 2pm - 3pm  
Note: Available face-to-face (on-campus). Held in Physics room 121.
20666 WR01 27 FULL 5 Aug - 16 Sep Wednesday 1pm - 2pm  
7 Oct - 28 Oct Wednesday 1pm - 2pm  
Note: Available face-to-face (on-campus). Held in Physics room 121.