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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Physics
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
English and Hebrew
Campus:
E. Safra
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Barak Kol
Coordinator Office Hours:
Sundays at 2pm, by appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof Barak Kol,
Mr. khalaf Majed
Course/Module description:
The course deals with a number of topics in quantum mechanics beyond the undergraduate level. Emphasis is put on description and analysis of systems with many degrees of freedom.
Course/Module aims:
The course shall prepare the student for courses and research on quantum optics and atomic physics, on discrete and continuous condensed matter systems and on quantum field theory and high energy physics.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
understand the theory of the photon, determine decay rates for excited energy levels of the hydrogen atom, be familiar with entanglement, determine the effective potential for slow degrees of freedom after averaging over fast ones, be familiar with the Dirac equation, determine fine-structure splitting of atomic levels, analyze supersymmetric systems.
Attendance requirements(%):
0
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture, Exercise
Course/Module Content:
Atoms and radiation: the photon, atomic transitions.
Many-body notions: entanglement, fast-slow approximation (Born-Oppenheimer).
Relativistic spin (Dirac equation): fine-structure of atomic spectrum, anti-particles, gyromagnetic ratio.
Inspiring notions: path integral formulation and propagator, supersymmetric quantum mechanics.
Required Reading:
None
Additional Reading Material:
Landau and Lifshitz - Quantum Mechanics.
Sakurai - Advanced Quantum Mechanics.
Grading Scheme :
Written / Oral / Practical Exam / Home Exam 80 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 20 %
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