Digital Teaching
Coursework and homework solutions will be available on Moodle.
It is possible that occasional lectures will be pre-recorded and made available on Moodle as well.
Course Contents
The course will cover:
-- Many-body quantum mechanics, Bose and Fermi statistics
-- Time-dependent perturbation theory, Fermi's Golden Rule
-- Scattering theory, partial waves, Born approximation
-- Quantization of the electromagnetic field, radiation from atoms
-- Relativistic quantum mechanics, Dirac equation, fine structure
-- Time and interest permitting:
Wigner-Eckart Theorem
Path Integrals, QM in electromagnetic backgrounds, Aharomov-Bohm effect
Coherent and squeezed states of the simple harmonic oscillator
Literature
Schwabl Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Sakurai and Napolitano Modern Quantum Mechanics
Sakurai Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Preconditions
Theorie II: Quantenmechanik or equivalent
Optimally, Theorie V: Übergreifende Konzepten or equivalent: path integrals, Wigner-Eckart, Aharomov-Bohm
Expected Number of Participants
50
Further Grading Information
Written final exam (Klausur).
0,3 bonus to final grade with 60% average on the homeworks.
Official Course Description
https://www.physik.tu-darmstadt.de/media/fachbereich_physik/phys_studium/reakkreditierung_2022/Modulhandbuch_Master_Physik.pdf
Pages 3 and 4
Online Offerings
Moodle
- Lehrende: Guy David Moore