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    This document outlines a physics course on quantum mechanics II. The course will complete a textbook on quantum mechanics and cover advanced topics like time-dependent perturbation theory, quantum electrodynamics, relativistic quantum mechanics, scattering theory, and quantum information theory. The course will be graded through homework, midterms, and a final exam.

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    Harvard University

    Physics 143b: Quantum Mechanics II


    Instructor : Subir Sachdev, Lyman 343, sachdev@g.harvard.edu
    Fall 2015 Tue-Thu, 10:00-11:30, Jefferson 356

    All class materials can be obtained from canvas.harvard.edu/courses/5570


    The first class will meet on Thu Sep 3, 2015.
    This is the second half of an introductory course on quantum mechanics.
    The course will complete the text book by Griffiths, and then move onto advanced topics,
    depending upon available time.
    The first part of the course is ultimately about the “theory of light and matter”. We will
    develop various analytic tools to understand the concept of the ‘photon’, and describe how
    electrons emit and absorb electromagnetic radiation. These are clearly phenomena of great
    physical importance, applying to vision, photosynthesis, solar cells, MRI, cameras, etc.
    We will then introduce a fully relativistic version of quantum mechanics in the Dirac
    equation. This will lead to the introduction of anti-matter, and a deeper understanding of
    the electron spin.
    Finally, in the last part of the course, we will cover the modern subject of quantum
    information theory. We will describe how quantum entanglement can be used for secure
    communication, and to perform some computations not possible on a classical computer.
    A tentative outline is:

    1. Time independent perturbation theory

    2. The WKB approximation.

    3. Time dependent perturbation theory: two level systems, emission and absorption of
    radiation.

    4. Quantum theory of electromagnetism: the photon

    5. Relativistic quantum mechanics: the Dirac equation

    6. Scattering theory.

    7. Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen “paradox”, Bell’s Theorem, and introduction to quantum


    information theory and quantum computing.

    1
    Prerequisite: Physics 143a
    The text book for the course is

    • Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, second edition, by David J. Griffiths, QC 174.12.G75


    2005

    Useful references covering similar material are:

    • Introductory Quantum Mechanics, third edition, by Richard L. Liboff, QC174.12.L52


    1997

    • Quantum mechanics, by Jean-Louis Basdevant and Jean Dalibard, QC174.2 .B383 2005

    • Quantum mechanics, by B.H. Bransden and C.J. Joachain, QC174.12 .B74 2000

    • Principles of quantum mechanics, by Hans C. Ohanian, QC174.12 .O33 1990

    For the section on quantum information, useful books are

    • Quantum Processes, Systems, and Information, by B. Schumacher and M. Westmore-


    land, Cambridge University Press, QC174.12 .S385 2010

    • Quantum Computer Science, by N. D. Mermin, Cambridge University Press, QA76.889


    .M47 2007

    The course will be graded by the homeworks (40%), final (34%) and midterms (26%).
    The first midterm will be on Thu Oct 1, 2015.
    The second midterm will be on Thu Nov 12, 2015.
    The final exam is on Friday Dec 11,2015.

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