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8.321 Quantum Theory I | Physics

8.321 Quantum Theory I | Physics

<8.321 is the first semester of a two-semester subject on quantum theory, stressing principles. Topics covered include: Hilbert spaces, observables, uncertainty relations, eigenvalue problems and methods for solution thereof, time-evolution in the Schrodinger, Heisenberg, and interaction pictures, connections between classical and quantum mechanics, path integrals, quantum mechanics in EM fields, angular momentum, time-independent perturbation... Show More
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Second quantization and many-body theory, path integrals, Born approximation, electromagnetic fields, symmetry groups, Variational and perturbation approximations, quantum theory of radiation, probabilities of the results of measurement, transformation theory, measurement, scattering theory, EM fields, Symmetry in quantum mechanics, many-body theory, relativistic quantum mechanics, perturbation approximations, one electron, eigenstates, Schrodinger picture, Time-dependent perturbation theory, The quantum theory of radiation, second quantization, uncertainty relation, probability, quantum dynamics, Hilbert spaces, Heisenberg picture, angular momentum, variational approximations, motion constants, interaction picture, Relativistic quantum mechanics of one electron, density operators, time evolution, eigenvalues, Scattering theory: phase shifts, representations of symmetry groups, time-dependent perturbation theory, Quantum Mechanics, identical particles, quantum statistics, observables, phase shifts, classical mechanics, quantum measurement, motion equations, quantum mechanics, equations of motion, Systems of identical particles and applications, Theoretical Physics, constants of motion
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Date Added to MERLOT:
May 12, 2016
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December 4, 2018
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Barbra Bied Sperling
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