University of Pittsburgh
· Department of
Physics &
Astronomy
PHYSICS 2566: Non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics (II)
Spring Term 2007
Instructor: W. Vincent Liu, assistant professor
Time of Class: 2:30-3:45pm
Tuesdays/Thursdays
Place: 319 Allen Hall
Course Plan for QM II
- Symmetry in QM
- Approximation methods
- Identical particles
- Scattering theory
- 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:
- E. Merzbacher, Quantum Mechanics --- more
difficult problems
- C. Cohen-Tannoudji, B. Diu, F. Laloe, Quantum Mechanics
(2 volumes) --- very detailed (1500 pages) with lots of examples
- Albert Messiah,
Quantum Mechanics.
- S. Weinberg, The Quantum Theory of Fields, vol.
1, Sec. 4.1--4.2.