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PHYS-H301

Mécanique quantique I

academic year
2024-2025

Course teacher(s)

Nicolas CERF (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

Quantum formalism (Dirac notation). Fundamental principles and their interpretation. Resolution of simple problems in position basis (harmonic oscillator, particle in a central potential, potential barrier and tunneling effect). Algebra of angular momenta and spins. Perturbation and variation methods for steady-state solutions of the Schrödinger equation. Time-depending approximation methods. Density matrix.

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Understanding the basic principles of quantum mechanics and learning the formalism.

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Required and corequired courses

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory course and exercise assignments.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

J.-L. Basdevant et J. Dalibard, Mécanique Quantique (École Polytechnique, 2008)

D. Baye, Mécanique quantique Première partie: Notions de base (PUB)

C. Cohen-Tannoudji, B. Diu et F. Laloë: Mécanique quantique I et II (Hermann, 1977)

Other information

Contacts

Nicolas CERF, E-mail: nicolas.cerf@ulb.ac.be

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

Written exam (June session) and oral exam (August session)

Language(s) of evaluation

  • french

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