Teaching
I am teaching Quantum Mechanics II (PHYS530B) for graduate students.
530B: Quantum Mechanics II
Semester: Fall, 2023
The main textbook is Modern Quantum Mechanics by J.J. Sakurai and J. Napolitano.
Course Description/ Goals:
In this class, you will learn advanced topics of quantum mechanics such as quantum states and unitary operators, perturbation methods, spin and statistics of particles, Aharonov-Bohm and Berry phases, scattering theory, light-matter interactions, principles of quantum computing, decoherence and entanglement, etc. Quantum mechanics is the core of modern physics. The primary goal of this class is to help students understand quantum mechanics concretely and apply it to their research.
COURSE MATERIALS
Main Text books
J. J. Sakurai and J. Napolitano, Modern Quantum Mechanics 2nd Ed. (Addison-Wesley, 2011).
C. Cohen-Tannoudji, B. Diu, and F. Laloe, Quantum Mechanics, (Wiley, 1991).
L.E. Ballentine, Quantum Mechanics, A Modern Development (Simon Fraser Univ., 1998).
Other Materials
R. Feynman, R. Leighton and M. Sands, “The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume III: Quantum Mechanics”, (Addison Wesley, 1971).
M. Nielsen and I. Chuang, Quantum Computation and Information, (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2000).
R. Shankar, Principles of Quantum Mechanics 2nd, (Plenum press,1994).
S. Weinberg, Lectures on Quantum Mechanics 2nd Ed. (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2015).