Details of PH3203 (Spring 2025)
| Level: 3 | Type: Theory | Credits: 4.0 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| PH3203 | Advanced Quantum Mechanics | Sourin Das |
| Syllabus |
|---|
| Time dependent perturbation theory. Selection rules for atomic transitions . The adiabatic theorem. Berry phase. Example: Spin 1/2 particle in a cyclically time varying magnetic field.
Scattering theory: scattering from spherical symmetric potential and partial wave expansion, optical theorem, the first Born approximation etc. Examples : scattering from a hard sphere, Screened Coulomb potential. Many identical particles: Symmetric and antisymmetric wavefunctions. Example: He atom Second quantization: Fock states, creation annihilation operators for bosons and fermions. Radiation interacting with a 2-level system, Rabi oscillations EPR and Bells inequalities. |
| References |
|---|
| 1. Modern Quantum Mechanics J. J. Sakurai
2. Principles of Quantum Mechanics -- R. Shankar 3. Quantum Mechanics A new introduction, K. Konishi and G. Pafutti |
Course Credit Options
| Sl. No. | Programme | Semester No | Course Choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IP | 2 | Core |
| 2 | IP | 4 | Elective |
| 3 | IP | 6 | Not Allowed |
| 4 | MP | 2 | Not Allowed |
| 5 | MP | 4 | Not Allowed |
| 6 | MR | 2 | Elective |
| 7 | MR | 4 | Not Allowed |
| 8 | MS | 10 | Elective |
| 9 | MS | 4 | Not Allowed |
| 10 | MS | 6 | Core |
| 11 | MS | 8 | Elective |
| 12 | RS | 1 | Elective |
| 13 | RS | 2 | Elective |