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Offer in 2024 - 2025 | Y N |
Course Code | PHYS4351 |
Date | 2024/11/12 17:07 |
Enquiry for Course Details |
PHYS4351 Advanced quantum mechanics (6 credits) | Academic Year | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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Offering Department | Physics | Quota | --- | ||||||||||||||||
Course Co-ordinator | Prof Yao Wang, Physics < wangyao@hku.hk > | ||||||||||||||||||
Teachers Involved | (Dr D W Zhai,Physics) | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Objectives | Build on the advanced undergraduate level course PHYS3351, this course further discusses concepts and mathematical techniques in quantum mechanics through special topics and applications. This is an elective course for the theoretical physics theme. This is also an essential course for those who plan to pursue postgraduate studies in physics or related disciplines. | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Contents & Topics | Identical particles; Pauli exclusion principle; fermion and bosons; WKB approximation; time-independent, non-degenerate and degenerate perturbation theory; time dependent perturbation theory; scattering, cross section, partial waves and Born approximation; variational method. | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Learning Outcomes |
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
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Pre-requisites (and Co-requisites and Impermissible combinations) |
Pass in (PHYS2155 or PHYS3150) and PHYS3351 | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Status with Related Major/Minor /Professional Core |
2024 Major in Physics
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Disciplinary Elective
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2024 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2024 Minor in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2023 Major in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2023 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2023 Minor in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2022 Major in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2022 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2022 Minor in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2021 Major in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2021 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2021 Minor in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2020 Major in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2020 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2020 Minor in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) |
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Course to PLO Mapping |
2024 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4 >
2024 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2023 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2023 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2022 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2022 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2021 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2021 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2020 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2020 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > |
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Offer in 2024 - 2025 | Y 2nd sem | Examination | May | ||||||||||||||||
Offer in 2025 - 2026 | Y | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Grade | A+ to F | ||||||||||||||||||
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Communication-intensive Course | N | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Type | Lecture-based course | ||||||||||||||||||
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Required/recommended reading and online materials |
Lecture notes provided by Course Coordinator D. J. Griffiths: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004, 2nd edition). |
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Course Website | http://moodle.hku.hk | ||||||||||||||||||
Additional Course Information | NIL |
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