Quantum Mechanics I

PHYS 501 - Quantum Mechanics I (3-0-3)

Brief review of quantum mechanics including operators, linear vector spaces and Dirac notation; General theory of angular momentum and rotation group, addition of angular momenta, Clebsch?Gordan techniques, scattering of spin 1 2 particles with spinless particles, tensor operators; a brief review of time dependent perturbation theory, interaction of radiation with matter, absorption of light, induced and spontaneous emission, electric and magnetic dipole transitions, selections rules and scattering of light. Prerequisite: PHYS 402