Lectures for 2nd year Physics undergraduates

John Chalker

20 lectures in Hilary and Trinity terms

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Synopsis

These lectures are a sequel to Prof Fabian Essler's course. The two courses together are intended to provide an introduction to quantum mechanics. No particular significance is attached to the way that material is divided between the two courses.

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Hilary Term

• 1. Motion of a charged particle in a magnetic field.
• 2. Time-independent perturbation theory.
• 3. The Zeeman effect.
• 4. The Stark effect.
• 5. The variational principle.
• 6. WKB approximation.

Trinity Term

• 7. Time-dependent problems: the sudden and adiabatic approximations.
• 8. Time-dependent perturbation theory.
• 9. Fermi golden rule.
• 10. Radiative transitions.
• 11. Selection rules
• 12. Identical particles.
• 13. Gross structure of He.
• 14. Density operators.

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Course Material

• Synopsis and suggested reading
• Problem Set 1
• Problem Set 2
• Problem Set 3

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  Lecture notes (Oxford access only)

  Available here from WebLearn as the course progresses.

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