PHY 4810 - Quantum Physics II

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): PHY 3811

Description: The primary aim of this course is for students to apply the formalism developed in PHY 3811 to understanding the properties of hydrogen (including the fine structure and hyperfine structure of energy states), multi-electron atoms, and molecules. In doing so, time-independent perturbation theory (both non-degenerate and degenerate) and time-dependent perturbation theory is introduced. Relativistic quantum mechanics, including the Dirac Equation, is also introduced. This course is the optional second semester of the two-semester quantum mechanics series.