Quantum Theory I, Fall 2002

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Author:

Taylor, Washington

Subject:

Science and Technology

Institution Name:

M.I.T.

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MIT OpenCourseWare

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

Abstract:

Topics include uncertainty relation, observables, eigenstates, eigenvalues, probabilities of the results of measurement, Transformation Theory, equations of motion, and constants of motion. Symmetry in Quantum Mechanics, Representations of Symmetry Groups. Variational and Perturbation Approximations. Systems of Identical Particles and Applications. Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory. Scattering Theory - Phase Shifts, Born Approximation. The Quantum Theory of Radiation. Second Quantization and Many-Body Theory. Relativistic Quantum Mechanics of One Electron. 8.321 is the first semester of a two-semester subject on quantum theory, stressing principles. Topics covered include: Hilbert spaces, observables, uncertainty relations, eigenvalue problems and methods for solution thereof, time-evolution in the Schrodinger, Heisenberg, and interaction pictures, connections between classical and quantum mechanics, path integrals, quantum mechanics in EM fields, angular momentum, time-independent perturbation theory, density operators, and quantum measurement.

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English

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