Quantum mechanics; Identical particles,
exclusion principle and exchange effects; interaction of
electromagnetic radiation with matter; introduction to scattering
theory, partial wave analysis, and Born approximation; simple
many-body theory in the Hartree-Fock framework.
(Graduate Catalog)
Prerequisites
PHYS 660 or consent of department
Textbook
J. J. Sakurai, Modern Quantum Mechanics (revised edition),
Addison Wesley (1993)
Supplementary Course Material
All supplementary course materials and also homework
assignments will be posted on
blackboard.