Physics 327 - QUANTUM MECHANICS

Spring
2017
01
4.00
William Williams
MWF 02:40-04:00
Smith College
38972-S17
MCCONN 102
wwilliams@smith.edu
The formal structure of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, including operator methods. Wave packets; quantum mechanical scattering and tunneling; central potentials; matrix mechanics of spin, addition of angular momenta; corrections to the hydrogen spectrum; identical particles and exchange symmetry; EPR paradox, Bell’s Theorem and the interpretation of quantum mechanics. Prerequisites: 215 or permission of the instructor. Taking 317 before 327 is recommended.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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