QUANTUM PHYSICS

Major
Physics
Quarter
Spring
Year
2022
Course Number
PHYS CS 36, Section 1
Enrollment Code
40857
Instructor(s)
Date & Time
TR 3:00-4:50PM (LECTURE)
R 10:00-11:50AM (PROBLEM SESSION)
W 12:00-1:50PM (PROBLEM SESSION)
Location
Girvetz 2120 (Lecture)
Girvetz 2124 (Problem Sessions)

Course Description

Wave-particle duality. Photons. Matter waves. The uncertainty principle. The Schroedinger equation. Potential wells and barriers. The quantized simple harmonic oscillator. The hydrogen atom.

Prerequisites: Physics CS 34 and 35 or equivalent

Required Text

Ohanian, Modern Physics, 2nd edition Benjamin Cummings
Feynman, Leighton, Sands, Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. III The New Millennium Edition: Quantum Mechanics Basic Books