Quantum Physics

Notes from Keith Barnham's Lectures

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Part I
The Breakdown of Classical Physics

• strong
• electromagnetism
• weak interaction
• electroweak (a combination of the previous two)
• gravity

• Light
  • Waves or Particles?
  • Blackbody Radiation
  • Background on Planck Distribution and Derivation
  • Photoelectric Effect
  • Heat Capacity of Solids
  • Bohr Model of Atomic Spectre
  • Characteristic X-Ray Spectra
  • Compton Scattering

Part II
Wave Mechanics

• The Beginnings of Wave Mechanics
  • de Broglie
  • Schrödinger's Wave Equation
  • The interpretation of the Wave Function
  • Recipe for Solving Schrödinger's Equation
  • The Infinite Square Potential Well
  • Finite Square Well
  • Uncertainity in Quantum Mechanics
  • Wave Packets

Part III
Introduction to the Formalism of Quantum Mechanics

• Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
  • Operators and Eigenvalues
  • Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
  • Examples if the Use of Our Quantum Mechanic Postulates

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