PHYS 5920: Quantum Physics II
Credits: 4. Contact Hours: Lecture 4.
Continuation of 5910. Variational theorem and WKB method; time-dependent perturbation theory and 2nd quantization of the EM field in Coulomb gauge; method of partial waves and Born approximation for scattering by central potentials; identical particles and symmetry; Dirac and Klein-Gordon equation for free particles; path integral formalism. (Typically Offered: Spring)