Physics 327 - Quantum Mechanics

Quantum Mechanics

Fall
2022
01
4.00
Will Williams

M W F 9:25 AM - 10:40 AM

Smith College
PHY-327-01-202301
Sabin-Reed 308
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: PHY 215 or permission of the instructor. Taking PHY 317 before PHY 327 is recommended.

[CE] PHY 210 & 215

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
Link to Campus Courses
Back to the Five College Course Schedule