PH 301 Quantum Mechanics 2 (Autumn 2017-18)
Instructor Name: Prof. P. Ramadevi, Prof. S. Shankaranarayanan Course Type: Core Pre-requisites: Quantum Mechanics 1 Course Content: Angular momentum algebra and the Wigner-Eckart theorem, variational principle, WKB method, time independent and time dependent perturbation theory, introduction to scattering theory, introduction to relativistic QM Books: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (Griffiths), Modern Quantum Mechanics (Sakurai), Principles of Quantum Mechanics (Shankar), Quantum Mechanics (Merzbacher) Lectures: Prof. Ramadevi: Combination of slides and blackboard. Prof. Shankaranarayanan: Blackboard only. Attendance was taken in every class but no DX grades were awarded. Assignments: A few problems in every assignment sheet were to be submitted for grading (accounted for 20% of the final grade). The other problems were discussed in class either by the instructor or the TA. Difficulty level of assignments was m...