Learning objectives
<br />The purpose of the course is to provide basic concepts of quantum mechanics, illustrated by the simplest applications.
Prerequisites
Calculus, mathematical methods for physics, classical mechanics.
Course unit content
<br />Classical physics at the end of the XIX century. Blackbody radiation. Photoelectric effect. Atomic models of Rutherford and Bohr. Wave and particle aspects of radiation and matter.<br />Wavefunction, Schrodinger equation. Axioms of quantum mechanics. Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Applications (free particle, particle in a box, potential well, potential barrier, tunnel effect, harmonic oscillator). Schrodinger equation for a central potential. Hydrogen atom. Spin.
Full programme
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Bibliography
<br />Alonso-Finn : Vol. III, Quantum and Statistical Physics<br />A. Messiah: Quantum mechanics
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