James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2003

PH5013:03

Quantum Mechanics

Townsville HECS Band 2

25 hours lectures, 9 hours tutorials. Semester 1.

Available to level 4 honours and postgraduate diploma students.

Staff: Assoc. Professor I Whittingham.

Dirac formulation of non-relativistic quantum mechanics, second quantisation with application to photons, relativistic quantum mechanics.

Learning Objectives:

  1. to understand advanced theoretical concepts of quantum mechanics and to be able to solve problems related to these concepts.

Assessment by a three-hour examination (80%); on-course tutorial assignments (20%).