Course Outline:
Textbook: D. J. Griffiths, “Introduction to Quantum Mechanics”, 2005,
Third ed., Prentice Hall.
Course outlines:
Chapter 1: The wave function – Schrödinger equation, statistical interpretation, probability, normalization, momentum.
Chapter 2: Time-independent Schrödinger equation – Stationary states, infinite-square well, harmonic oscillator, free particle, delta-function potential, finite square well.
Chapter 3: Formalism – Hilbert space, observables, Hermitian operators and its properties, generalized statistical interpretation, Uncertainty principle, Dirac notation.
Chapter 4: Quantum mechanics in three dimensions – Hydrogen atom, Angular momentum, Spin.