About this course:

  • Course Name: Introductory Quantum Mechanics
  • Course Code: PH 1413H
  • L-T-P-C : 2-1-0-3
  • Syllabus: NaN
  • Course Type: Common course


    • Introductory Quantum Mechanics

    Description:

    Syllabus :

    Experimental Basis of Quantum Mechanics: Double slit experiment and Stern-Gerlach experiment (basic ideas); De Broglie's hypothesis (matter wave dual nature); Wave-particle duality. Postulates of Quantum Mechanics: Wave function and wave packets; Position and momentum operators, Uncertainty principle, Commutators; Schrödinger equation, Probabilities, probability current densities, wave function normalization; Expectation values, eigenvalues and eigenfunctions. Applications of Schrödinger Equation: Infinite potential well, energy quantization; Finite square well, potential step and potential barrier, quantum tunnelling; Harmonic Oscillator, energy eigenvalues and eigenfunctions.

    Text Books :

    1. Eisberg, R. & Resnick, R. (2006). Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei and Particles (2nd ed.). Wiley
    2. Griffiths, D. J. (2018). Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press

    Reference Books :

    1. Kumar, A. (2018). Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics. Cambridge University Press