Physics

PHYS139B Quantum Mechanics II

Approximation methods in nonrelativistic quantum mechanics: time-independent perturbation theory (non-degenerate and degenerate) and addition of angular momenta; variational methods; the WKB approximation; time-dependent perturbation theory and radiation theory; scattering theory. (Formerly Quantum Mechanics.)

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PHYS 101B or PHYS 102; and PHYS 139A, PHYS 116A, PHYS 116B, and PHYS 116C.

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Fall

Instructor

W. Altmannshofer