PHYS 4800 Quantum Mechanics

Study of the behavior of objects at atomic and subatomic sizes. Topics include wave packets and wave functions, quantum observables, probability amplitudes, Heisenberg uncertainty relations, quantized angular momentum, and selected solutions to the one- and three-
dimensional Schrödinger equation.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PHYS 2110 and PHYS 2120

Corequisite

PHYS 3010

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

1. Define and describe the basic ideas and physical concepts introduced in lecture and in the textbook, explaining what each term means and what it measures.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the necessary vocabulary used to describe the concepts introduced in the course, including their units (energy, time, length, etc.), the associated MKS units (joules, seconds, meters, etc.), and their mathematical nature (scalar, vector, etc.).
3. Show qualitative comprehension of the mathematical principles and laws that relate physical quantities to one another by verbal or written description.
4. Apply the mathematical principles and laws to obtain quantitative solutions to problems.
5. Learn and apply problem solving methods to set up solutions to quantitative physics problems.