8.04 Quantum Physics I, Spring 2006
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Vuletic, Vladan
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Quantum Physics I
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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.
Date issued
2006-06Other identifiers
8.04-Spring2006
local: 8.04
local: IMSCP-MD5-1471346f6dcc63caf8011ebcf4f4e86f
Keywords
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.