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PHYS460 — Fall 2017
Course Info

PHYS460: Quantum Mechanics I (Honors) (PAST/FUTURE SEMESTER)

Offering:
Fall, Class 3, Cr. 3


Prerequisites:
PHYS 344 and 410
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Description:
Limits of classical physics, wave packets. Bohr model, atomic systems, Schrodinger equation, eigen-functions, one-dimensional potentials, wave mechanics general structure, multiparticle systems, Pauli principle, operator methods.


Instructor(s):
Rodriguez, Jorge


Email:
Rodriguez, Jorge


Textbook(s) for Fall 2017

Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher Req/Opt Notes
Schaum's Outline of Mathematical Handbook of Formulas and Tables Murray R. Spiegel 4th 978-0071795371 McGraw-Hill Required
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics David J. Griffiths 2nd 978-1107179868 Cambridge University Press Optional
Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles Robert Eisberg, Robert Resnick 2nd 978-0471873730 Wiley & Sons Optional

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