Quantum physics or mechanics describes the nature of energy at the level of atoms and subatomic particles. This branch of physics includes topics on field theory and is considered as a fundamental theory in physics that you need to learn about.
This [course_title] is created to introduce the basics features of quantum mechanics. You are provided with lectures on the experimental basis of quantum physics, wave mechanics, and Schrodinger’s equation.
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Course Credit: MIT
Course Curriculum
Quantum mechanics as a framework. Defining linearity | 00:18:00 | ||
Linearity and nonlinear theories. Schrödinger’s equation | 00:10:00 | ||
Necessity of complex numbers | 00:08:00 | ||
Photons and the loss of determinism | 00:17:00 | ||
The nature of superposition. Mach-Zehnder interferometer | 00:14:00 | ||
More on superposition. General state of a photon and spin states | 00:17:00 | ||
Lecture 9 | Quantum Entanglements, Part 1 (Stanford) | 01:37:00 | ||
Mach-Zehnder interferometers and beam splitters | 00:16:00 | ||
Interferometer and interference | 00:12:00 | ||
Elitzur-Vaidman bombs | 00:10:00 | ||
The photoelectric effect | 00:23:00 | ||
Units of h and Compton wavelength of particles | 00:13:00 | ||
Mod-04 Lec-29 Compton Scattering III | 00:52:00 | ||
de Broglie’s proposal | 00:11:00 | ||
de Broglie wavelength in different frames | 00:15:00 | ||
Galilean transformation of ordinary waves | 00:12:00 | ||
The frequency of a matter wave | 00:10:00 | ||
Group velocity and stationary phase approximation | 00:11:00 | ||
Motion of a wave-packet | 00:09:00 | ||
The wave for a free particle | 00:15:00 | ||
Momentum operator, energy operator, and a differential equation | 00:21:00 | ||
Free Schrödinger equation | 00:10:00 | ||
The general Schrödinger equation. x, p commutator | 00:18:00 | ||
Commutators, matrices, and 3-dimensional Schrödinger equation | 00:16:00 | ||
Interpretation of the wavefunction | 00:08:00 | ||
Normalizable wavefunctions and the question of time evolution | 00:17:00 | ||
Is probability conserved? Hermiticity of the Hamiltonian | 00:21:00 | ||
Probability current and current conservation | 00:15:00 | ||
Three dimensional current and conservation | 00:18:00 | ||
Wavepackets and Fourier representation | 00:11:00 | ||
Reality condition in Fourier transforms | 00:09:00 | ||
Widths and uncertainties | 00:19:00 | ||
Shape changes in a wave | 00:17:00 | ||
Time evolution of a free particle wavepacket | 00:10:00 | ||
Fourier transforms and delta functions | 00:14:00 | ||
Parseval identity | 00:16:00 | ||
Three-dimensional Fourier transforms | 00:06:00 | ||
Expectation values of operators | 00:28:00 | ||
Time dependence of expectation values | 00:08:00 | ||
Expectation value of Hermitian operators | 00:17:00 | ||
Eigenfunctions of a Hermitian operator | 00:13:00 | ||
Completeness of eigenvectors and measurement postulate | 00:17:00 | ||
Consistency condition. Particle on a circle | 00:18:00 | ||
Defining uncertainty | 00:10:00 | ||
Uncertainty and eigenstates | 00:16:00 | ||
Stationary states: key equations | 00:19:00 | ||
Expectation values on stationary states | 00:09:00 | ||
Comments on the spectrum and continuity conditions | 00:13:00 | ||
Solving particle on a circle | 00:11:00 | ||
Energy eigenstates for particle on a circle | 00:16:00 | ||
Infinite square well energy eigenstates | 00:13:00 | ||
Nodes and symmetries of the infinite square well eigenstates. | 00:10:00 | ||
Finite square well. Setting up the problem. | 00:22:00 | ||
Finite square well energy eigenstates | 00:11:00 | ||
Nondegeneracy of bound states in 1D. Real solutions | 00:13:00 | ||
Potentials that satisfy V(-x) = V(x) | 00:14:00 | ||
Qualitative insights: Local de Broglie wavelength | 00:16:00 | ||
Correspondence principle: amplitude as a function of position | 00:06:00 | ||
Local picture of the wavefunction | 00:13:00 | ||
Energy eigenstates on a generic symmetric potential. Shooting method | 00:15:00 | ||
Delta function potential I: Preliminaries | 00:16:00 | ||
Delta function potential I: Solving for the bound state | 00:15:00 | ||
Node Theorem | 00:13:00 | ||
Harmonic oscillator: Differential equation | 00:17:00 | ||
Behavior of the differential equation | 00:10:00 | ||
Recursion relation for the solution | 00:12:00 | ||
Quantization of the energy | 00:23:00 | ||
Algebraic solution of the harmonic oscillator | 00:17:00 | ||
Ground state wavefunction | 00:16:00 | ||
Number operator and commutators | 00:16:00 | ||
Excited states of the harmonic oscillator | 00:18:00 | ||
Creation and annihilation operators acting on energy eigenstates | 00:21:00 | ||
Scattering states and the step potential | 00:11:00 | ||
Step potential probability current | 00:15:00 | ||
Reflection and transmission coefficients | 00:08:00 | ||
Energy below the barrier and phase shift | 00:19:00 | ||
Wavepackets | 00:21:00 | ||
Wavepackets with energy below the barrier | 00:06:00 | ||
Particle on the forbidden region | 00:07:00 | ||
Waves on the finite square well | 00:16:00 | ||
Resonant transmission | 00:18:00 | ||
Ramsauer-Townsend phenomenology | 00:10:00 | ||
Scattering in 1D. Incoming and outgoing waves | 00:18:00 | ||
Scattered wave and phase shift | 00:09:00 | ||
Incident packet and delay for reflection | 00:19:00 | ||
Phase shift for a potential well | 00:09:00 | ||
Excursion of the phase shift | 00:15:00 | ||
Levinson’s theorem, part 1 | 00:15:00 | ||
Levinson’s theorem, part 2 | 00:09:00 | ||
Time delay and resonances | 00:18:00 | ||
Effects of resonance on phase shifts, wave amplitude and time delay | 00:15:00 | ||
Modelling a resonance | 00:16:00 | ||
Half-width and time delay | 00:08:00 | ||
Resonances in the complex k plane | 00:15:00 | ||
Translation operator. Central potentials | 00:19:00 | ||
Angular momentum operators and their algebra | 00:14:00 | ||
Commuting observables for angular momentum | 00:17:00 | ||
Simultaneous eigenstates and quantization of angular momentum | 00:25:00 | ||
Associated Legendre functions and spherical harmonics | 00:19:00 | ||
Orthonormality of spherical harmonics | 00:18:00 | ||
Effective potential and boundary conditions at r=0 | 00:14:00 | ||
Hydrogen atom two-body problem | 00:25:00 | ||
Center of mass and relative motion wavefunctions | 00:14:00 | ||
Scales of the hydrogen atom | 00:10:00 | ||
Schrödinger equation for hydrogen | 00:21:00 | ||
Series solution and quantization of the energy | 00:14:00 | ||
Energy eigenstates of hydrogen | 00:12:00 | ||
Energy levels and diagram for hydrogen | 00:14:00 | ||
Degeneracy in the spectrum and features of the solution | 00:14:00 | ||
Rydberg atoms | 00:26:00 | ||
Orbits in the hydrogen atom | 00:11:00 | ||
More on the hydrogen atom degeneracies and orbits | 00:23:00 | ||
The simplest quantum system | 00:14:00 | ||
Hamiltonian and emerging spin angular momentum | 00:16:00 | ||
Eigenstates of the Hamiltonian | 00:14:00 | ||
Assessment | |||
Submit Your Assignment | 00:00:00 | ||
Certification | 00:00:00 |
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