Undergraduate Spring School on Quantum Mechanics
Second Edition
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
Virtual Zoom, April 14 -28, 2024
Registration is now closed.
Please note : If you have registered and not received timetable with Zoom, email me phy.hanc@gmail.com
Required Math Prerequisites : Matrix algebra, multi-variable calculus (Link), vector calculus, vector algebra
There is no registration fee and no certificate will be given.
Participants Attended : 50
Note :
All time minimum 75% attendance is required for receiving class notes.
Every attendance will be considered by at least 30 minutes of your presence in the Zoom per lecture.
All Lectures will be delivered on Digital White board.
Time : 8.30 AM EDT / 6.00 PM IST
School consists of :
20 lectures on quantum mechanics including problems and solutions.
2 lab experiments
Supplementary Material
The Fundamental Idea of Wave Mechanics - ERWIN SCHRÖDINGER - Nobel Lecture Article
The Development of Quantum Mechanics - WERNER HEISENBERG - Nobel Lecture Article
The Statistical Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics - MAX BORN - Nobel Lecture Article
The Wave Nature of the Electron - LOUIS DE BROGLIE - Nobel Lecture Article
The Genesis and Present State of Development of the Quantum Theory - MAX PLANCK - Nobel Lecture Article
How to Integrate Gaussian Functions
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume III - Quantum Mechanics - Feynman, Leighton, Sands BOOK
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume I - Mechanics, Radiation and Heat - Feynman, Leighton, Sands BOOK
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume II - Electromagnetism and Matter - Feynman, Leighton, Sands BOOK
Relativistic Particle in a Box - Alberto et.al Paper
Superposition, Entanglement, and Raising Schrödinger’s Cat - David J. Wineland - Nobel Lecture Article
Controlling Photons in a Box and Exploring the Quantum to Classical Boundary - Serge Haroche - Nobel Lecture Article
Ramsauer–Townsend Effect - MIT OCW
The Mathematics of Quantum Mechanics Link
Schedule
Day-1 : Sun Apr 14
8.30 - 10.00 AM EDT - Lecture - I : Quantum States & Dirac Notation
10.00 - 10.30 AM EDT - Break
10.30 - 12.00 PM EDT - Lecture - II : Observables & Operators
Day-2 : Mon Apr 15
8.30 - 9.30 AM EDT - Lecture - III : Evolution of Quantum States
Day-3 : Tue Apr 16
8.30 - 10.00 AM EDT - Lecture - IV : Schrodinger Equation & 1D Problems
Day-4 : Wed Apr 17
8.30 - 10.00 AM EDT - Lecture - V : Problems & Solutions - I
10.00 - 10.30 AM EDT - Break
10.30 - 11.30 AM EDT - Lab-I : Determination of Planck's Constant
Day-5 : Thu Apr 18
8.30 - 10.00 AM EDT - Lecture - VI : 1D Problems
Day-6 : Fri Apr 19
8.30 - 10.00 AM EDT - Lecture - VII : 1D Problems
Day-7 : Sat Apr 20
8.30 - 10.00 AM EDT - Lecture - VIII : Harmonic Oscillator
10.00 - 10.30 AM EDT - Break
10.30 - 12.00 PM EDT - Lecture - IX : Hermite and Legendre Polynomial & Spherical Harmonics
Day-8 : Sun Apr 21
8.30 - 10.00 AM EDT - Lecture - X : Angular Momentum and Spin
10.00 - 10.30 AM EDT - Break
10.30 - 12.00 PM EDT - Lecture - XI : Time Independent Perturbation Theory
Day-9 : Mon Apr 22 - No Class
Day-10 : Tue Apr 23
8.30 - 10.00 AM EDT - Lecture - XII : Time-Independent Perturbation Theory
Day-11 : Wed Apr 24
8.30 - 10.00 AM EDT - Lecture - XIII : Problems & Solutions - II
10.00 - 10.30 AM EDT - Break
10.30 - 11.30 AM EDT - Lab-II : Photoelectric Effect
Day-12 : Thu Apr 25
8.30 - 10.00 AM EDT - Lecture - XIV : Variational Method & WKB Method
Day-13: Fri Apr 26
8.30 - 10.00 AM EDT - Lecture - XV : WKB Method
10.00 - 10.20 AM EDT - Break
10.20 - 11.20 AM EDT - Lecture - XVI : Time Dependent Perturbation Theory
Day-14 : Sat Apr 27
8.30 - 9.30 AM EDT - Lecture - XVII : Time Dependent Perturbation Theory & Quantum Pictures
9.30 - 10.00 AM EDT - Break
10.00 - 11.30 AM EDT - Lecture - XVIII : Scattering Theory
Day-15 : Sun Apr 28
8.30 - 10.00 AM EDT - Lecture - XIX : Scattering Theory - Problems and Solutions
10.00 - 10.30 AM EDT - Break
10.30 - 11.30 AM EDT - Lecture - XX : Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
Instructor : Ibrahim Mirza
About : 5th year PhD Physics Candidate at The University of Tennessee
Research Area : Experimental Particle Physics; Majorana Neutrinos at LEGEND Experiment
Founder & Organizer
Ibrahim Mirza
Email : phy.hanc@gmail.com