Course Identification

Title:

Quantum mechanics 1

Code:

20182081

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Leeor Kronik

TA's:

Natan Bibelnik, Dr. Dahvyd Wing

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2018

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

Sunday, 09:15 - 11:00, Schmidt, Auditorium

Tutorials
Tuesday, 16:15 - 18:00, WSoS, Rm A

First Lecture:

29/10/2017

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Chemical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Core; 3.00 points
Chemical Sciences (Materials Science Track): Lecture; Elective; Core; 3.00 points

Comments

N/A

Prerequisites

Basic Topics or equivalent

Restrictions

Participants:

30

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Assignments:

25%

Final:

75%

Evaluation Type

Examination

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

22/02/2018

Location

WSoS, Rm C

Time

0900-1200

Remarks

N/A

Scheduled date 2

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

N/A

Syllabus

Selected failures of classical physics
The Schroedinger equation
One-dimensional problems
Formal postulates of quantum mechanics
Physical interpretation of the postulates
The quantum harmonic oscillator
Angular momentum in quantum mechanics
Spherically central potentials
The hydrogen atom
Spin
Perturbation theory
The variational principle
Identical particles

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

Describe and discuss fundamental theories of Quantum Mechanics.
Apply fundamental theories of Quantum Mechanics to simple problems of general interest.

Reading List

N/A

Website

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