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Mastering Quantum Mechanics
- 18 Sequences
- Advanced Level
- Starts on February 23, 2021
- Ends on June 30, 2021
Course details
Syllabus
- Basics of Wave Mechanics.
- The Variational Principle.
- Spin one-half and Spin Operators.
- Vector spaces and linear operators.
- Dirac’s Bra-ket notation.
- Uncertainty Principle and compatible operators.
- The Schrodinger and Heisenberg pictures of quantum mechanics.
- Coherent and Squeezed States.
- Two state systems and applications to NMR.
- Entanglement and Bell’s inequality. Teleportation
- Angular momentum and central potentials
- Addition of angular momentum
Prerequisite
Some knowledge of wave mechanics at the level of an introductory undergraduate course, 8.04x. Proficiency in calculus and some knowledge of linear algebra.
Instructors
Barton Zwiebach
Professor of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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