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The module will build upon the foundation laid in PHYC20020. The following list of topics will be covered:
Postulates of Quantum Mechanics; Operators; Observables and eigenfunctions; Measurement, the Copenhagen interpretation and entanglement; Co-ordinate and momentum representations; Hermitian operators; Matrix methods; the Uncertainty Principle; Ehrenfest's theorem; Harmonic Oscillator, Ladder operators; Angular momentum; Schrödinger theory of the hydrogen atom; Degeneracy; Fine-structure; Normal Zeeman effect; Pauli's theory of electron spin; the Stern-Gerlach experiment; Spin-orbit interaction. Total angular momentum; Anomalous Zeeman effect.
Postulates of Quantum Mechanics; Operators; Observables and eigenfunctions; Measurement, the Copenhagen interpretation and entanglement; Co-ordinate and momentum representations; Hermitian operators; Matrix methods; the Uncertainty Principle; Ehrenfest's theorem; Harmonic Oscillator, Ladder operators; Angular momentum; Schrödinger theory of the hydrogen atom; Degeneracy; Fine-structure; Normal Zeeman effect; Pauli's theory of electron spin; the Stern-Gerlach experiment; Spin-orbit interaction. Total angular momentum; Anomalous Zeeman effect.
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