Overview

    Non-relativistic quantum mechanics, providing the theoretical underpinning to allow students to understand the fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics including Schrödinger and Heisenberg pictures of time evolution and time-independent perturbation theory.

    About this paper

    Paper title Advanced Quantum Mechanics I
    Subject Physics
    EFTS 0.0833
    Points 10 points
    Teaching period Semester 1 (On campus)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $704.22
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Limited to
    BSc(Hons), PGDipSci, MSc
    Contact
    david.hutchinson@otago.ac.nz
    Teaching staff
    Professor David Hutchinson
    Textbooks

    No textbook required.

    Graduate Attributes Emphasised
    Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Information literacy, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
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    Learning Outcomes

    Upon successful completion of the paper students will:

    • Be able to use the variational principle to estimate ground and excited state energies and wave functions.
    • Be able to perform degenerate and non-degenerate time-independent perturbation calculations.
    • Be familiar with symmetry as applied to quantum mechanics and the relationship with conservation laws and understand Noether's theorem.
    • Understand the relationship between Schrödinger, Heisenberg and Interaction Picture representations and be able to solve problems using the Heisenberg equation of motion.
    • Be familiar with the derivation and use of time-dependent perturbation theory.
    • Be familiar with basic concepts of many-body physics and be able to use the occupation number representation.

    Timetable

    Semester 1

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught On Campus
    Learning management system
    None

    Overview

    Non-relativistic quantum mechanics, providing the theoretical underpinning to allow students to understand the fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics including Schrödinger and Heisenberg pictures of time evolution and time-independent perturbation theory.

    About this paper

    Paper title Advanced Quantum Mechanics I
    Subject Physics
    EFTS 0.0833
    Points 10 points
    Teaching period Semester 1 (On campus)
    Domestic Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for 2024 have not yet been set
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Limited to
    BSc(Hons), PGDipSci, MSc
    Contact
    david.hutchinson@otago.ac.nz
    Teaching staff
    Professor David Hutchinson
    Textbooks

    No textbook required.

    Graduate Attributes Emphasised
    Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Information literacy, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
    View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.
    Learning Outcomes

    Upon successful completion of the paper students will:

    • Be able to use the variational principle to estimate ground and excited state energies and wave functions.
    • Be able to perform degenerate and non-degenerate time-independent perturbation calculations.
    • Be familiar with symmetry as applied to quantum mechanics and the relationship with conservation laws and understand Noether's theorem.
    • Understand the relationship between Schrödinger, Heisenberg and Interaction Picture representations and be able to solve problems using the Heisenberg equation of motion.
    • Be familiar with the derivation and use of time-dependent perturbation theory.
    • Be familiar with basic concepts of many-body physics and be able to use the occupation number representation.

    Timetable

    Semester 1

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught On Campus
    Learning management system
    None
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