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HU Credits:
7
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Physics
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
E. Safra
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Nir Barnea
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof. Nir Barnea,
Nitzan Goldberg
Course/Module description:
The course will delve deeper into the material taught in Quantum Theory I, with main motivation being to understand symmetries in Quantum Mechanics, solve the problem of the hydrogen atom, explore Landau quantization, get familiar with perturbative techniques, spin of the electron and scattering processes.
Course/Module aims:
See learning outcomes.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Solve the problem of the hydrogen atom.
2. Solve problems using the time dependent and independent Perturbation Theory.
Attendance requirements(%):
0
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture and recitation
Course/Module Content:
1. Symmetries and Quantum Dynamics
2. The Theory of Angular Momentum
3. The Problem of the Hydrogen Atom
4. Particle in EM field (For instance, Landau quantization)
5. Spin. Addition of Angular Momentum
6. Spinning operators. The Wigner-Eckart theorem
7. The Time-Independent Perturbation Theory
8. The Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory
9. Identical particles
10. The quantum theory of scattering
Required Reading:
None
Additional Reading Material:
Quantum Mechanics/ Landau-Lifshitz
Lectures on Quantum Mechanics/ S. Weinberg
Quantum Mechanics/Cohen-Tannoudji
Modern Quantum Mechanics/Sakurai
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