R. Shankar, Principles of Quantum Mechanics, Kluver Academic/Plenum Press
J.J. Sakurai, Meccanica Quantistica Moderna Zanichelli
G. Nardulli, Meccanica Quantistica I, Principi, Franco Angeli.
M. Ademollo, Lecture notes on Applications of Quantum Mechanics (in Italian).
Learning Objectives
Knowledge acquired: Principles of Quantum Mechanics and applications.
Competence acquired: Knowledge of the principles at the basis of the microscopic phenomena.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course): : Experience in doing calculations in a Hilbert space. Solutions of partial differential equations.
Prerequisites
Courses to be used as requirements: Mathematical Analysis II, Analytical mechanics, Physics II.
Teaching Methods
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 300.
Contact hours for Lectures :Minimum 108.
Further information
The course is held in the I and II semester.
Type of Assessment
Written and oral exam
Course program
Historical introduction. Quantum Mechanics axioms. Identical particles. Bosons and fermions. Pauli principle. Elementary applications: stationary Schrodinger equation, One-dimensional cases, harmonic oscillator. Symmetries in Quantum Mechanics. Angular momentum and spin. Addition of angular momenta. Hydrogen atom. Stationary perturbation theory. Time-dependent perturbation theory. WKB approximation. Variational method. Interaction with the electromagnetic field. Elastic-scattering theory: Born approximation, partial-wave expansion.