PHY 341 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

Course unit(s): 1
Prerequisite(s): PHY 213 Modern Physics and PHY 319 Analytical Mechanics .
Origin of quantum concepts; the wave function and its interpretation; the Schrodinger equation; treatment of the free particle; potential barriers and wells; the linear harmonic oscillator and the hydrogen atom. Representation of dynamical variables as operators and matrices; introduction to perturbation theory.