Lesson I-Quantum Physics Part I

Course Description

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.

Lecture Notes

Overview, scale of quantum mechanics, boundary between classical and quantum phenomena

Planck’s constant, interference, Fermat’s principle of least time, deBroglie wavelength

Double slit experiment with electrons and photons, wave particle duality, Heisenberg uncertainty

Wavefunctions and wavepackets, probability and probability amplitude, probability density

Thomson atom, Rutherford scattering

Source

Vuletic, Vladan. 8.04 Quantum Physics I, Spring 2006. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), http://ocw.mit.edu(Accessed 31 Jul, 2012). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA