PHY 351 — QUANTUM MECHANICS
BSc BSc Physics · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Blackbody radiation, Planck's theory. Photoelectric effect, Einstein's quantum theory. Compton effect, dual nature of electromagnetic radiation. Atomic structure: Thompson's and Rutherford's models. Stability of the nuclear atom. Atomic spectra, Bohr's model of the hydrogen atom. Matter waves, De Broglie's hypothesis. Davisson - Germer experiment. Wave Particle Duality. Complimentarity Principle. The Wave Function. Wave Function of a Free Particle.. Principle of Superposition. Wave Packets, Group and Phase Velocities of Matter Waves, Heizenberz's Uncertainty Principle.. The Wave Equation. Operators and Dynamical Variables Position, Momentum and Energy Operators. Interpretation of the Wave function. Probability and Current Densities. Conservation of Probability. Time-Dependent and Time-Independent Coefficient.. Expectation Values of Dynamical Variables and Operators. Ehrenfest's Theorem.. Linear Vector Spaces. Hilbert Space. Operators in Hilbert Space. Commuting and Non-Commuting Operators. Matrix Representation of Operators. Adjoint of an Operator. Hermitian Operators (Observables). Dirac's Bra and Ket Notation. Eigenvalue and Eigenvectors of Hermitian Operators Observables). Simultaneous Measurability of Commuting Observables. Non-Commuting Observables. Heisenberg's Uncertainty Relations.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
Other courses on this programme
- PHY 353 — SOLID STATE PHYSICS I
- PHY 355 — ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS I
- PHY 357 — FLUID DYNAMICS
- PHY 359 — MATHEMATICS FOR PHYSICS V
- PHY 363 — COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
- PHY 365 — BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY I
- PHY 367 — MEDICAL PHYSICS I
- PHY 369 — RADIOBIOLOGY I
- PHY 371 — PROGRAMMING WITH C++ I
- PHY 373 — MINI-PROJECT WITH APPLICATION PACKAGES I
- PHY 375 — COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS I
- PHY 379 — ANALOGUE CIRCUITS
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