Courses of Study 2017-2018 
    
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Courses of Study 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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CHEM 7930 - Quantum Mechanics I


     


Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Recommended prerequisite: CHEM 3900 , recommended corequisite: CHEM 7870  or equivalents or permission of instructor.

G. Ezra.

Fundamental concepts in quantum mechanics. Topics will include: review of classical mechanics (Lagrangians and Hamiltonians); probability in classical and quantum mechanics; the mathematical language of quantum mechanics; Schrödinger equation; simple 1D applications; theory of angular momentum; QM in the continuum; variational principle and time-independent perturbation theory; semiclassical (WKB) theory.

At the level of Quantum Mechanics by Cohen-Tannoudji.



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