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Course Info for PHYS - 313 - 01, Fall 2022
Class number: 3293 Title: Quantum Mechanics Department: Physics
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 15 Current enrollment: 8 Available seats: 7
Start date: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 End date: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MWF: 12:00PM-12:50PM, LSC - 134 Instructor(s): Walden, Barbara
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Physics 232L.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Natural Science Requirement
Course Description:
A thorough study of the general formalism of quantum mechanics together with some illustrative applications, including the postulates of quantum mechanics; states, observables, and operators; measurements in quantum mechanics; the Dirac notation; simple systems: the square well, the harmonic oscillator, the hydrogen atom; approximation techniques and perturbation theory; and elements of the quantum theory of angular momentum.
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