SUBJECT
Title
Quantum Mechanics
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
Master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
2
Recommended in
Semester 2/4
Typically offered in
Spring semester
Course description
Physical observables as Hermitean operators. Wave functions. Probability interpretation. Schrödinger equation. Perturbation theory. Electron spin, Pauli principle. Electronic structure of atoms. Scattering theory. Simple molecules; formation of chemical bonds.
Readings
Compulsory:
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Lecture notes
Suggested:
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P. Dirac: Principles of Quantum Mechanics, Oxford University Press, 1958
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L. D. Landau, L. M. Lifshitz, Quantum Mechanics: Non-relativistic Theory, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1981,
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L.I. Schiff, Quantum Mechanics, Mcgraw-Hill College, 1968 or any other standard textbook in English