QUANTUM PHYSICS

Major

Physics

Quarter

Spring

Year

2019

Course Number

PHYSICS CS 36, Section 1

Enrollment Code

39750

Instructor(s)

Tengiz Bibilashvili
Georgios Koutroulakis

Date & Time

(Lecture) Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:30pm to 4:50pm; (Problem Sessions) Thursdays 1:00pm to 2:50pm in GIRV 1108 or Friday 11:00am to 11:50am

Location

(Lecture) HSSB 1231; (Problem Sessions) PHELPS 3505

Course Description

Wave-particle duality. Photons. Matter waves. The uncertainty principle. The Schroedinger equation. Potential wells and barriers. The quantized simple harmonic oscillator. The hydrogen atom.

Prerequisites: Physics CS 34 and 35 or equivalent

Required Text

John R. Taylor, Chris D. Zafiratos, Michael A. Dubson Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers University Science Books
Feynman, Leighton, Sands, Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. III The New Millennium Edition: Quantum Mechanics Basic Books