- Postulates
of quantum mechanics, pure and mixed states, density operator, the
measurement process, representations
- Mean
(expectation) value and variance of physical quantities
(observables). The uncertainity relation
- Evolution
of the quantum system, evolution operator, Ehrenfest theorems,
conservation laws. Schrödinger and Heisenberg pictures
- The
harmonic oscillator in quantum mechanics
- Angular
momentum in quantum mechanics
- Central
force field, the Coulomb problem
- The
Stern-Gerlach experiment, spin, Pauli equation
- Stationary
perturbation theory, and its simple applications
- Time
dependent perturbations, atom in an external time varying filed
- Systems
of identical particles, fermions and bosons
Suggested readings:
C.
Cohen-Tannoudji: Quantum mechanics, Vols. 1-2, 2-nd Edition, Wiley,
1991
S.
Gasiorovicz: Quantum Physics 3-rd Edition, Wiley 2003
L.D.
Landau, E.M. Lifshitz: Quantum Mechanics (nonrelativistic theory)
3-rd Edition
(Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 3) Elsevier 2005