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2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHYS 814 - Advanced quantum mechanics

Credit(s): 3
ADVANCED QUANTUM MECHANICS
Component: Lecture
Time-dependent quantum systems: Magnus expansion, Floquet theorem, adiabatic approximation and Berry phase. Scattering theory. Many-particle systems. Second quantization for bosons and fermions. Applications of second quantization: Hartree-Fock method, magnetism, superconductivity and superfluidity. Quantum mechanics of electromagnetic field. Relativistic quantum mechanics.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: PHYS 811 , PHYS 812 .