Physics 215 Winter 2013

Physics 215 Winter 2014

Introduction to Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
University of California at Santa Cruz

MW 12:30 to 2:15 pm, Interdisciplinary Science Building Room 231

Instructor: Bruce Schumm

Office: 329 Natural Sciences II Phone: (831) 459-3034 Email: baschumm@ucsc.edu

Office Hours:

Tuesday 12:00 - 1:30 Thursday 11:00 - 12:30 And by appointment if necessary Topics include: vector spaces and mathematical formalism; formal postulates and the wave equation; the Heisenberg Unceertainty Principle, piece-wise potentials; the harmonic oscillator; symmetries and conservation laws; angular momentum and spherically-symmetric potentials; the hydrogen atom; the periodic table; spin and fine structure; the minimal interaction, and the addition of angular momentum.

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