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Text: Modern Quantum
Mechanics, J. J. Sakurai, Addison-Wesley
Course Policy on
Grading: Final Exam - determines 30% of grade,
two midterm exams 60 %, and assigned problems determine the other 10%.
Course Outline
Chap. 5
Perturbation theory and approximation methods
Chap. 6 Identical particles
Chap. 7 Topics
in scattering theory
Class notes: Dirac equation, Quantum
electrodynamics
Supplementary Texts:
Quantum Mechanics, Fundamentals,
2th Edition, K. Gottfried and T. M.
Yan, Springer
Quantum Mechanics, L. Schiff, 3rd ed.
McGraw-Hill
The Principles of Quantum Mechanics,
P. A. M. Dirac, 4th ed. Oxford Science Publications
Quantum Theory, D. Bohm,
Prentice-Hall
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, M. A. Nielsen and I. L. Chang
Cambridge University Press
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