Course teacher(s)
Frank FERRARI (Coordinator) and Sébastien CLESSEECTS credits
10
Language(s) of instruction
french
Course content
1. Non-relativistic quantum mechanics (postulates, problems in one dimension, harmonic oscillator, symmetry principles (in particular the invariance under rotations), perturbation theory, applications
2. Introduction to relativistic quantum mechanics (second quantization)
3. Programming applied to quantum mechanics
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
Modern course on Quantum Mechanics, emphasizing both in-depth presentation of fundamental topics and discussion of many applications.
Prerequisites and Corequisites
Required and corequired courses
Teaching methods and learning activities
Q1: online lectures, supervised exercices.
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
C. Cohen Tannoudji, B. Diu and F. Laloë, "Quantum Mechanics" (Hermann)
K. Konishi et G. Paffuti, "Quantum Mechanics: A New Introduction" (Oxford)
S. Weinberg, "Lecture on Quantum Mechanics" (Cambridge)
Course notes
- Université virtuelle
Other information
Contacts
Frank Ferrari (frank.ferrari@ulb.ac.be)
Campus
Plaine
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Other
Other
The course is divided into two parts (Part 1: quantum mechanics, 8 ECTS, Frank Ferrari; part 2: introduction to relativistic quantum mechanics, 2 ECTS, Peter Tiniakov).
First session: for parts 1 and 2, the evaluation may include personal work and a written exam in January.
Second session: written and/or oral exams for parts 1 and 2.
Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)
For the first part: personal work (50% of the grade); written exam (50% of the grade)
The final grade is a weighted average of the three grades. For the academic year 2020/2021, the following rule will be used:
i) if the mark for part 1 is better than the mark for part 2, the weights for parts 1 and 2 will be 80% and 20%, respectively.
i) if the mark for part 2 is better than the mark for part 1, the weights for parts 1 and 2 will be 70% and 30%, respectively.
For students passing in second session, grades greater or equal to 10/20 obtained during the first session in the parts 1 and/or 2 can be transferred to the second session, if the student does not pass the second session exam of the relevant part.
Language(s) of evaluation
- french