Quantum Physics - PHYS2040

   
   
 
Contact: Cadogan,John Michael
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: PHYS1002 or PHYS1221 or PHYS1231 or PHYS1241 and MATH1231 or MATH1241; Excluded: PHYS2021.
 
 
Offered: Semester 1 2005
 
 
Fee Band: 2
 
 

Description


Postulates of quantum mechanics, operators. Applications: potential wells, steps, barriers and tunneling, harmonic oscillator. H atom. Orbital and spin angular momentum, magnetic moment. Spin-orbit coupling.