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Contents

Fundamentals (part I)
1 Introduction 2 Digression: The classical description of nature 3 Hilbert space 4 A particle in an N site system 5 The continuum limit 6 Rotations 5 8 12 18 20 26

Fundamentals (part II)

7 Quantum states / EPR / Bell / postulates 8 The evolution of quantum mechanical states 9 The non-relativistic Hamiltonian 10 Getting the equations of motion 31 40 44 49

Fundamentals (part III)

11 Group representation theory 12 The group of rotations 13 Building the representations of rotations 14 Rotations of spins and of wavefunctions 15 Multiplying representations 16 Galilei group and the non-relativistic Hamiltonian 17 Transformations and invariance 56 61 64 67 75 84 86

Dynamics and Driven Systems

18 Transition probabilities 19 Master equations 20 The cross section in the Born approximation 21 Dynamics in the adiabatic picture 22 The Berry phase and adiabatic transport 23 Linear response theory and the Kubo formula 24 The Born-Oppenheimer picture 92 96 98 101 104 108 111

The Green function approach

25 The propagator and Feynman path integral 26 The resolvent and the Green function 27 Perturbation theory 28 Complex poles from perturbation theory 112 116 126 131

Scattering Theory
29 The plane wave basis 30 Scattering in the T -matrix formalism 31 Scattering in the S-matrix formalism 32 Scattering in quasi 1D geometry 33 Scattering in a spherical geometry 134 137 144 155 162

QM in Practice (part I)
34 Overview of prototype model systems 35 Discrete site systems 36 Two site dynamics: Bloch and Landau-Zener dynamics 37 A few site system with Bosons 38 A few site system with Fermions 39 Network systems: walls, junctions, eigenstates 171 172 173 177 180 182

QM in Practice (part II)

40 Approximation methods for nding eigenstates 41 Perturbation theory for the eigenstates 42 Perturbation theory / Wigner 43 Decay into a continuum 44 Scattering resonances 186 190 194 197 203

QM in Practice (part III)

45 The Aharonov-Bohm eect 46 Motion in uniform magnetic eld (Landau, Hall) 47 Motion in a central potential 48 The Hamiltonian of a spin 1/2 particle 49 Implications of having spin 207 215 223 226 229

Special Topics
50 Quantization of the EM Field 51 Quantization of a many body system 52 Wigner function and Wigner-Weyl formalism 53 Theory of quantum measurements 54 Theory of quantum computation 55 The foundation of statistical mechanics 233 238 249 257 265 273