EP356: Quantum Physics

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Problem solving sessions. - We'll slot these in with the lecture times for the first few problems sheets and inherit time slots on Monday afternoons (3-4) later on in the semester if we need to (venue to be decided).

Syllabus

• Introduction to Quantum Theory:
  Blackbody radiation, experimental. Planck's approach, the ultra-violet catastrophe. Einstein and the quantisation of radiant energy, photons. DeBroglie waves, wave packets, uncertainty relationship.
• Formal Structure of Quantum Mechanics:
  The Schrodinger equation, wavefunctions, operators, eigenfunctions and eigenstates, Hamiltonian operator, Particle in a one-dimensional potential well, Superposition of States, Operators and Commutation Relations, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, The Finite Potential Well, Q. Mech. Tunnelling, Ground state of the H atom.
• Identical Particles:
  Two-electron systems, particle exchange. The Pauli principle.
• Quantum Statistics:
  Introduction to the statistics of identical particles. Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein, Fermi-Dirac statistical laws. Electrons in metals, Fermi level, effect of temperature.

Lecturer

gerard.oconnornuigalway.ie

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