Winter term 2024/25
Introduction to Quantum Theory
Lecturer: Otfried Gühne
Schedule:
Lectures: Tuesdays and Fridays 10-12h room D120.
Exercises: Wednesdays 14-16h room D120
Concepts of Quantum Science
Lecturer: Otfried Gühne
Schedule:
Lectures: Wednesdays 12-14h room D120.
Exercises: Fridays 12-14h room D120
The Quantum Theory of Light
Lecturer: Stefan Nimmrichter
Schedule:
Lectures: Mondays 10-12h room D030.
Exercises: Fridays 14-16h room D120
Quantum Theory
Lectures: Matthias Kleinmann
Exercises: Ismaël Septembre
Physics Tutorial: Sander Stammbach
Schedule:
- Lectures: Thu 10:15, D120
- Exercises: Fri 16:15, D120, (Lecture on Nov 15)
- Physics Tutorial: Fri 12:30, D308
- 1st Exam (written): Wed Feb 12, 10:00, D308
- 2nd Exam (written): Thu Mar 27, 10:00, D308
Content:
- Preliminaries, Motivation
- Wave functions, Schrödinger equation
- One-dimensional problems, harmonic oscillator
- Three-dimensional systems & the hydrogen atom
- Advanced topics: Pertubation theory, many particles
Literature:
- Basic:
- D. McMahon, »Quantum Mechanics Demystified«
- Conceptional:
- A. Zagoskin, »Quantum Mechanics: A Complete Introduction«
- L. Susskind & A. Friedman, »Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum«
- J. Schwichtenberg, »No-Nonsense Quantum Mechanics: A Student-Friendly Introduction«
- Physics:
- W. Nolting, »Theoretical Physics 6: Quantum Mechanics - Basics« (ebook)
- J. Sakurai, »Modern Quantum Mechanics«
- F. Schwabl, »Quantum Mechanics«
Information:
- Exercise sheets are handed out Thursdays in the lecture and must be handed in Tuesdays before 12pm (noon) in the letterbox in front of Ismael Septermbre's office (B005).
- In each exercise class, there will be a written mini-test.
- Requirements for admission to the written exam:
- 50% of the grand total of all points in the exercises
- 50% of the grand total of all points in the in-class mini-tests
- active participation in the exercise classes
- A script of the lecture and the exercise sheets can be found at sciebo (access for participants: QM2024).