Andrei Starinets





Advanced Quantum Mechanics (Short Option S18)

Note: To prepare for 2018 exam, use lecture notes for Sections I and III, as well as old exam papers posted below (ignore 3-dim scattering - it is covered in the "Subatomic Physics" course and will not be a part of the S18 exam in 2018)

Topics

I. Aspects of one-dimensional scattering

Lecture I-1

Lecture I-2

Lecture I-3

Lecture I-4

Lecture I-5

II. Non-relativistic potential scattering in three dimensions

Lecture II-1

Lecture II-2

Lecture II-3

Lecture II-4

III. Relativistic wave equations (Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations)

Lecture III-1

Lecture III-2

Recommended textbooks and monographs

Books on spinors, groups and related matters.

 See also Prof Lukas's course "Groups and Representations", including useful lecture notes.

Problem sets (optional but helpful): see Landau-Lifshitz vol. III for partial solutions

Problem Set I

Problem Set II

Problem Set III

Past Exam Papers

Exam 2018

S18 Exam paper 2018: solutions

Exam 2017

S18 Exam paper 2017: solutions

Exam 2016

S18 Exam paper 2016: solutions

Exam 2015

S18 Exam paper 2015: solutions

Exam 2014

S18 Exam paper 2014: solutions

Exam 2013

S18 Exam paper 2013: solutions

Exam 2012