Quantum Mechanics. Fall 2024.

by ISBN 978-0750635394

Schedule:

Books:

Tue, Thur, Fri, 16:00-19:00. Room: E-B4-3006.
Syllabus for QM

Required: L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz,
Quantum mechanics (non-relativistic theory), vol. 3 of Course of Theoretical Physics
4th edition, Nauka, Moscow, 1989. ISBN 978-0750635394. Russian version. English version.
Recommended: R. Feynman,
Feynman lectures on Physics, vol. 3 Quantum Mechanics,
ISBN 978-0465024179. Russian version: Vol. 8, Vol. 9. English version.
Some extra material:
P.V. Elyutin and V.D. Krivchenkov, Quantum mechanics with problems,
2nd edition, Fizmalit 2001. Russian version.
V.M. Galitzki, B. Karnakov, V.I. Kogan, and V. Galitski Jr.,
Problems in Quantum Mechanics,
ISBN 978-0486480886. Russian version. English version.
Good text in English on Applied PDEs by R. Habermann (read theory of Sturm-Liouville operator): English version.
Some lecture notes can be found at the bottom of the page.

How grades are assigned?

Entry test: 5 points.
Attendance: 10 points.
Three homeworks: 3x15 = 45 points.
Final exam: 40 points.
Total: 100 points.
Lowest boundaries for grades (not higher than):
A = 86, B = 76, C = 66, D = 56, E = 46, F < 46.

Week #	Material covered	HW due date
1	Operators, wave function, superposition, observables, eigenstates, matrix elements, time evolution, Schroedinger equation, particle in the box. Rectangular well, delta potential, discrete and extended states, harmonic oscillator (Hermite polynomials and ladder operators).	Wednesday, October 9th, 2024, end of day.

Below you can find additional material.

Week #	Lectures Notes.
1	Lecture 01 .	Lecture 02 .	Lecture 03 .