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Quantum Mechanics Course Overview

This document provides an overview of the Quantum Mechanics course offered as part of the Erasmus Mundus Master in Nuclear Physics program. The course is worth 6 ECTS credits and covers key concepts in quantum physics over 11 weeks, including topics like the harmonic oscillator, angular momentum, perturbation theory, and path integrals. Students will be evaluated through two partial exams covering three topics each and have the option to complete extra problems for up to 1.5 additional points. Those who do not pass the initial evaluation will have a final exam in January.

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Quantum Mechanics Course Overview

This document provides an overview of the Quantum Mechanics course offered as part of the Erasmus Mundus Master in Nuclear Physics program. The course is worth 6 ECTS credits and covers key concepts in quantum physics over 11 weeks, including topics like the harmonic oscillator, angular momentum, perturbation theory, and path integrals. Students will be evaluated through two partial exams covering three topics each and have the option to complete extra problems for up to 1.5 additional points. Those who do not pass the initial evaluation will have a final exam in January.

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Quantum Mechanics

Erasmus Mundus Master in Nuclear Physics


6 ECTS credits. 60 hours.

Bibliography:

Main:
 A Modern Approach to quantum mechanics. John S. Townsend. University Science
Books, 2000 [To]

Others:
 Principles of Quantum Mechanics. R. Shankar. Plenum Press, 1994 [Sh]
 Problems of Quantum Mechanics with solutions. G. L. Squires. Cambridge, 1995

Contents: (dates are tentative)


1. Revision of key concepts in quantum physics. Week 1
1.1. One electron atom (3D).
1.2. Harmonic oscillator in 3 dimensions.
2. Quantum mechanics in a 2-state system. Weeks 2-3
2.1. Stern-Gerlach experiments. [To, 1.1-1.2]
2.2. State vectors. Amplitudes. Probabilities. [To, 1.3-1.6]
2.3. Matrix representation of states. Identity. Projectors. Operators. Matrix representation
of operators. Basis change. [To 2.3-2.6]
2.4. Rotations. Angular momentum operators. Matrix representation. [To, 3.1-3.3]
2.5. Commutation relations. Raising and lowering operators. [To , 3.4-3.6]
2.6. Time evolution. Hamiltonian. Time dependence of expectation value. Examples of 2-
state systems. [To, 4]
2.7. Coupling of two 2-state systems. Correlations. [To, 5.1-5.3]
2.8. Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox. Bell’s inequalities. [To, 5.4-5.5]
3. Angular Momentum. Weeks 4-5 [Sh]
3.1. Rotations. Irreducible representations.
3.2. Commutation relation of angular momentum operators. Raising and lowering
operators.
3.3. Coupling of 2 states. Clebsch-Gordan coefficients.
3.4. Tensor operators. Wigner-Eckart theorem. Selection Rules.
3.5. Parity conservation. Selection rules.
4. Wave mechanics in 1 dimension. Week 6 [To, 6]
4.1. Coordinate representation. Relation with wavefunction.
4.2. Translation operator. Relation with momentum. Uncertainty relation.
4.3. Momentum representation. Gaussian wavepacket.
4.4. Classical equations of motion.
5. Harmonic oscillator and field quantization. Week 7
5.1. One dimensional harmonic oscillator operators. Creation and annihilation operator.
Zero point energy. Classical limit. [To, 7]
5.2. Electromagnetic field Hamiltonian. Quantization. Photon properties. [To, 14.2-14.4]
6. Perturbation theory. Weeks 8-9
6.1. Time independent perturbation. [To, 11]
6.2. Time dependent perturbation. Fermi Golden Rule. Spontaneous emission. [To, 14.5-
14.8]
7. Scattering. Week 10
7.1. Differential cross section. Born approximation. Yukawa potential. [To, 13.1-13.3]
8. Path integrals. Week 11 [To, 8]

Contact information:

Jesús Casal: jcasal@[Link]

Tuesdays and Thursdays: 11:00-13:00

Wednesdays: 15:00-17:00

José Antonio Lay Valera: lay@[Link]

Mondays: 14:30-16:30

Thursdays and Fridays: 11:30-13:30

Joaquín Gómez Camacho: gomez@[Link]

Mondays and Tuesdays: 10:00-13:00

Evaluation:

Two partial exams will be done covering approximately three different topics.

Students should prepare in groups a series of problems for each topic to be evaluated for up to
1.5 extra points.

For those students not passing this first evaluation there will be a final exam on January (time
and classroom to be announced).

Useful links with UVUS:

E-learning: [Link]

email & more: [Link] or through outlook.

Your UVUS also has a virtual disk [Link] and some licenses of different software
[Link]

E-Libray: [Link]
E-Secretary: [Link]

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