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PHY 212 – Quantum MechanicsI
Spring 2011‐12
Instructor Fakharul Inam
Room No. Acad Block A‐4
Office Hours
Email fakhar.inam@lums.edu.pk
Telephone
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Course URL (if any)
Course Basics
Credit Hours 3
Lecture(s) Nbr of Lec(s) Per Week 2 Duration 1:15 hours
Recitation (per week) Nbr of Rec (s) Per 1 Duration 1 hour
Week
Lab (if any ) per week Nbr of Session(s) Per Duration
Week
Tutorial (per week) Nbr of Tut(s) Per Duration
Week
Course Distribution
Core
Elective
Open for Student Category
Closed for Student Category
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Brief introduction to classical mechanics: Lagrange and Hamilton formalism. Formal sturcture of quantum mechanics: states, operators,
representations, and the Dirac notation. Harmonic oscillator: operator algebra, states. Quantum mechanics in three‐dimensions: central
potentials and the radial equation, bound and scattering states. Angular momentum: operators, algebra of commutators, eigenvalues and
eigenstates, spherical harmonics. Spin: Stern‐Gerlach devices and measurements, nuclear magnetic resonance, spin and statistics. Addition of
angular momentum: Clebsch‐Gordan series and coefficients, spin systems, and system of identical particles.
COURSE PREREQUISITE(S)
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Learn the mathematical framework of the theory.
Be able to use the mathematical tools to work out practical problems.
Develop a sense of appreciation
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Learning Outcomes
Grading Breakup and Policy
Assignment(s): 20%
Home Work:
Quiz(s): 20%
Class Participation:
Attendance:
Midterm Examination: 30%
Project:
Final Examination: 30%
Examination Detail
Yes/No: yes
Combine Separate:
Midterm
Duration: 3 hour
Exam
Preferred Date:
Exam Specifications:
Yes/No: yes
Combine Separate:
Final Exam
Duration: 4 hour
Exam Specifications:
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COURSE OVERVIEW
Week/ Lecture/ Recommended Objectives/
Topics
Module Readings Application
Review of classical mechanics (lagrange and Shankar ch 2‐3
Hamilton formalism) and its failure in describing Dirac ch 1‐2
1‐2
systems at the atomic scale. Double slit
experiment. Matter waves
Mathematical structure : Shankar ch 1
Linear vector space, operators, dirac’s bra n ket, Greiner ch4
3‐4 uncertainty principle, Schrödinger equation and
all that
Schrödinger equation in 1‐D: boundary value
5‐6 problems
7 Harmonic oscillator
Symmetries and angular momentum Shankar ch 11‐12
8‐10
Hydrogen atom
11‐12
12‐13 Spin and addition of angular momentum Shankar ch14‐15
14‐16 Identical particles, Second quantization
Textbook(s)/Supplementary Readings