8.04 Quantum Physics I, Spring 2006

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Vuletic, Vladan
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Quantum Physics I
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Abstract
This course covers the experimental basis of quantum physics, introduces wave mechanics, Schrödinger's equation in a single dimension, and Schrödinger's equation in three dimensions.
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2006-06
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90372
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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8.04-Spring2006
local: 8.04
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quantum physics: photoelectric effect, Compton scattering, photons, Franck-Hertz experiment, the Bohr atom, electron diffraction, deBroglie waves, 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, and introduction to hydrogenic systems.
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