Course Outline:
1.The wave function:
Schrodinger equation, interpretation, uncertainty principle.
2. Time -Independent Schrodinger equation: stationary
states for bound and free particales in one dimension.
3. Formalism: linear Algebra,
Hilbert space, generalised statistical interpretation.
4. Three dimensions: Hydrogen
atom, angular momentum, spin.
5. Many particle systems: atoms,
solids, quantum statistical mechanics.
(Note: material in Part II
of the Griffiths' book is studied in PHY405.)
Text
D.J.Griffiths, Introduction
to Quantum Mechanics, Prentice Hall, 1995
Additional useful reference material
1. H.B.Dwight, Tables of Integral and other Mathematical Data, Macmillan, 1961
2. M.R.Spiegel and J.Liu, Mathematical
Handbook of Formaulas and Tables,
2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, 1999 (Schaum's
Outline Series)
3. G.Arfken and H.Weber, Mathematical Methods for Physicists,
5th ed., Academic Press, 1996