PHYS 55200 Quantum Physics II

Formalism of quantum mechanics: observables, operators; application to simple cases: two-level systems, electron in a magnetic field, spin; time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory with applications; adiabatic processes; selected topics in atomic, optical, solid-state, nuclear and particle physics; quantum entanglement, Bell's theorem and recent experiments.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PHYS 55100 or equivalent and PHYS 36100 (required for Physics majors

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.

Offered

Fall only