University of Pittsburgh · Department of Physics & Astronomy

PHYSICS 2566: Non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics (II)

Spring Term 2007

Instructor: W. Vincent Liu, assistant professor

Office Address: 317 Allen Hall
Phone: 412-624-9023
E-mail: wvliu@pitt.edu
Web: W. Vincent Liu's Homepage

Time of Class: 2:30-3:45pm Tuesdays/Thursdays
Place: 319 Allen Hall


Course Plan for QM II

  1. Symmetry in QM
  2. Approximation methods
  3. Identical particles
  4. Scattering theory
  5. Second quantization method. Bosons and fermions. Introduction to quantum many-body physics.*

In case of a class that needs stronger coverage of basic subjects (or if time is too short for any other reason), the subjects marked with a* would be sacrificed.

Textbook

J. J. Sakurai, ``Modern Quantum Mechanics", Addison-Wesley, 1994. (required).

Supplementary texts:

  1. E. Merzbacher, Quantum Mechanics --- more difficult problems
  2. C. Cohen-Tannoudji, B. Diu, F. Laloe, Quantum Mechanics (2 volumes) --- very detailed (1500 pages) with lots of examples
  3. Albert Messiah,   Quantum Mechanics.
  4. S. Weinberg, The Quantum Theory of Fields, vol. 1, Sec. 4.1--4.2.