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Department of Physics

ΕΚΟ03

10ΕΚΟ03 Quantum Mechanics ΙI

Course webpage:  https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS247

Course outline

Course content

  • Dirac notation. Solution of the simple harmonic oscillator using creation and annihilation operators. The Schrödinger and Heisenberg pictures.
  • Angular momentum and spin. Addition of angular momenta. Identical particles and Pauli exclusion principle.
  • Interaction of charged particles with electromagnetic fields. Zeeman effect.
  • Time-independent perturbation theory. The real hydrogen atom.
  • Time evolution in time-dependent potentials. Elements of time-dependent perturbation theory. The Fermi golden rule.
  • Introduction to three-dimensional scattering.
  • Transitions between energy levels.