PHYS 6572 - Quantum Mechanics I

Fall. 4 credits.

J. Sethna.

Covers nonrelativistic quantum physics at the graduate level, focusing on
fundamental conceptual issues and methods. Topics include
the Stern Gerlach experiment, entanglement, qbits, path integrals, classical limits, WKB & instantons, gauge invariance & charge conservation, group representations, bosons, fermions & anyons, resonances, chemical bonds, overlap catastrophes, and Schrödinger’s cat. A knowledge of the subject at the level of PHYS 4443 is assumed.