8.06 Quantum Physics III, Spring 2003
Energy levels in a certain time-dependent three state system with two off-diagonal matrix elements α and the third zero, a spherical harmonic, and the Stark effect for n=3. (Courtesy of Prof. Krishna Rajagopal.)
Highlights of this Course
This course website features
problem sets and a
project in which students are instructed to research and write a paper on a topic related to the content of Quantum Physics II and III.
Course Description
This course is a continuation of
8.05, Quantum Physics II. Content includes:
- Natural Units
- Charged particles in a magnetic field
- Time-independent perturbation theory
- Variational and semi-classical methods
- Quantum Computing
- The adiabatic approximation and Berry’s phase
- Scattering
- Time-dependent perturbation theory