Undergraduate Catalog

PHYS 331 Quantum Physics I

This course gives an introduction to Quantum Mechanics. The need for a fundamental revision of physics is explained and the Schrodinger equation is introduced and applied. The full operator formalism and Dirac notation is introduced. These techniques are applied to some important systems such as the harmonic oscillator. Some important modern ideas such as entanglement and decoherence are introduced.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

PHYS 250

Corequisite

PHYS321

Offered

Fall