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Quantum Physics - PHYS2040
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Physics
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: PHYS1002 or PHYS1221 or PHYS1231 or PHYS1241 and MATH1231 or MATH1241
 
 
Excluded: PHYS2021
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

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.

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