Course: Quantum Mechanics 2

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Course title Quantum Mechanics 2
Course code SLO/KM2X
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Peřina Jan, prof. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Kvita Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Arkhipov Ievgen, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Time-dependent perturbation theory a. Harmonic perturbation 2. Statistical operator, Liouville equation, density matrix, pure and mixed states. 3. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian of a particle in electromagnetic field, Landau levels, spinless particle, Pauli equation, calibration invariance. 4. Spin revisited a. Magnetic resonance b. Addition of spins, singlet and triplet states, baryons and mesons 5. Identical particles a. Permutations, spin and statistics, fermions and bosons b. Covalent bond, ortho and para hydrogen c. Fock states, second quantization, creation and annihilation operators. 6. Symmetries, generators of translations and rotations. 7. Crystals, solid state, band structure a. Bloch waves b. Brilloune zones 8. Evolution in time revisited a. Hamiltonian as generator of time translations, evolution operator b. Free particle propagator, Green functions c. Schrödinger and Heisenberg pictures, Dirac picture 9. Simple scattering theory a. Lippmann-Schwinger equation b. Scattering amplitude, cross-section c. Born series, Coulomb and Yukawa potentials d. Optical theorem 10. Dirac equation a. Derivation, bispinors, gamma matrices, Dirac algebra b. Basic properties and solutions

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Attendace - 52 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 38 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 24 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 66 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Principles of quantum mechanics.
Knowledge Describe the presented principles and laws of quantum mechanics.
Prerequisites
Prior knowledge of the undergraduate physics.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam

Knowledge within the scope of the course topics (examination).
Recommended literature
  • Formánek, J. (1983). Úvod do kvantové teorie. Academia, Praha.
  • Griffiths D.J. (2004). Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (2nd Edition). Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company.
  • Sakurai J. J. (1985). Modern Quantum Mechanics. Addison-Wesley.
  • Weinberg, S. Lectures on Quantum Mechanics.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Applied Physics (2019) Category: Physics courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer