PHYS 3316

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PHYS 3316
Basics of Quantum Mechanics

Course information provided by the 2018-2019 Catalog.

Topics include breakdown of classical concepts in microphysics; light quanta and matter waves; Schrödinger equation and solutions for square well, harmonic oscillator, and the hydrogen atom; wave packets, scattering and tunneling effects, angular momentum, spin, and magnetic moments. At the level of An Introduction to Quantum Physics by French and Taylor and Introduction to Quantum Physics by Griffiths.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: PHYS 2214 or PHYS 2218; PHYS 1116 or PHYS 2216; and coregistration in MATH 2940 or MATH 2210 or MATH 2230.

Distribution Category (PBS-AS)

When Offered Fall, Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6069 PHYS 3316   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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  •  6070 PHYS 3316   DIS 201

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person