Phys621 : (Fall 2006)
Quantum Mechanics

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Course description:

This course is for graduate students in Physics and related areas. Its goal is to help students acquire an advanced foundation in quantum mechanics. It assumes undergraduate-level physics background, in particular introductory quantum mechanics and basic mathematics.

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Preliminary course outline:

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Textbook: On reserve in Swem library

Reference Books (many of these are on reserve in the Physics Library):

  • Baym, Lectures on Quantum Mechanics. QC174.1 .B35

  • Cohen-Tannoudji, Quantum Mechanics, 1977. QC 174.12 C6313

  • Dirac, Principles of Quantum Mechanics, 1958. QC 174.3 D5 1958

  • Gasiorowicz, Quantum Physics, 2nd ed., 1996. QC 174.12 G37 1996

  • Gottfried, Quantum Mechanics. QC 174.1 G64

  • Gottfried and Yan, Quantum Mechanics: fundamentals, 2003. QC 174.12 G68

  • Landau and Lifshitz, Quantum Mechanics: non-relativistic theory, 1977. QC 174.12 L3513

  • Merzbacher, Quantum Mechanics, 1970. QC 174.12 M47 1998

  • Messiah, Quantum Mechanics. QC 174.1 M413

  • Schwabl, Quantum Mechanics. QC 174.12 S38713 1991.
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