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Core Physics
CORE
12 units

Quantum Mechanics (Foundations -> Advanced)

State vectors, wavefunctions, measurement, dynamics, spin, identical particles, approximations, and interpretations with concise derivations and checks.

12 units18 hoursCORE
Open student course

Published syllabus

Course Units

Unit 1
90 min

Experimental origins and state vectors

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Mechanics (Foundations -> Advanced).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 2
90 min

Wavefunctions and probability amplitudes

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Mechanics (Foundations -> Advanced).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 3
90 min

Operators, observables, and commutators

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Mechanics (Foundations -> Advanced).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 4
90 min

Schrodinger dynamics and propagators

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Mechanics (Foundations -> Advanced).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 5
90 min

Measurement, POVMs, and uncertainty

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Mechanics (Foundations -> Advanced).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 6
90 min

One-dimensional potentials and bound states

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Mechanics (Foundations -> Advanced).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 7
90 min

Harmonic oscillator and ladder operators

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Mechanics (Foundations -> Advanced).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 8
90 min

Angular momentum and spin

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Mechanics (Foundations -> Advanced).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 9
90 min

Addition of angular momentum

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Mechanics (Foundations -> Advanced).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 10
90 min

Identical particles and exchange symmetry

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Mechanics (Foundations -> Advanced).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 11
90 min

Approximation methods

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Mechanics (Foundations -> Advanced).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 12
90 min

Interpretations, decoherence, and open questions

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Mechanics (Foundations -> Advanced).

Course notes
3 objectives