8.04 Quantum Physics I, Spring 2003

Lee, Young S.

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Lee, Young S.

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Quantum Physics I

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Abstract

Experimental basis of quantum physics: photoelectric effect, Compton scattering, photons, Franck-Hertz experiment, the Bohr atom, electron diffraction, deBroglie waves, and wave-particle duality of matter and light. Introduction to wave mechanics: Schroedinger's equation, wave functions, wave packets, probability amplitudes, stationary states, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and zero-point energies. Solutions to Schroedinger's equation in one dimension: transmission and reflection at a barrier, barrier penetration, potential wells, the simple harmonic oscillator. Schroedinger's equation in three dimensions: central potentials, and introduction to hydrogenic systems.

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2003-06

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34688

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics

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8.04-Spring2003

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Keywords

quantum physics: photoelectric effect, Compton scattering, photons, Franck-Hertz experiment, the Bohr atom, electron diffraction, wave-particle duality of matter and light, wave mechanics: Schroedinger's equation, wave functions, wave packets, probability amplitudes, stationary states, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, zero-point energies, transmission and reflection at a barrier, barrier penetration, potential wells, simple harmonic oscillator, Schroedinger's equation in three dimensions: central potentials, introduction to hydrogenic systems, De Broglie waves, Quantum theory

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