PHYS 480: Quantum Mechanics I
(3-0) Cr. 3. F.
Prereq: MATH 385; PHYS 321
First semester of a full-year course. A systematic development of the formalism and applications of quantum mechanics. Solutions to the time independent Schrodinger equation for various one-dimensional potentials including the harmonic oscillator; operator methods; Heisenberg picture; angular momentum; the hydrogen atom; spin; symmetry properties.