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Quantum Theory I - NBCM110
Title: Kvantová teorie I
Guaranteed by: Department of Chemical Physics and Optics (32-KCHFO)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2021
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 9
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:4/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: not taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Guarantor: doc. Mgr. Jaroslav Zamastil, Ph.D.
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Novotný, Ph.D.
Classification: Physics > Biophysics and Chemical Physics
Incompatibility : NFPL010, NJSF060, NJSF094, NOFY042, NOFY045, NOFY075, NTMF066
Interchangeability : NOFY075
Is incompatible with: NFPL010, NOFY045, NJSF094, NOFY075, NTMF066
Is interchangeable with: NOFY075
Annotation -
This course is a continuation of the course NOFY027 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. Formal scheme of quantum theory. Angular momentum. Approximate methods - variational and perturbation method. Structure of atomic spectral lines. Many-body problem. Basics of quantum electrodynamics (non- relativistic theory). Basics of scattering theory.
Last update: Kapsa Vojtěch, RNDr., CSc. (25.04.2018)
Course completion requirements -

The student must obtain credit before entering exam.

The condition for obtaining credits are clarified on the first seminar.

The exam has written and oral parts.

Last update: Kapsa Vojtěch, RNDr., CSc. (25.04.2018)
Literature -

Jaroslav Zamastil and Jakub Benda, Quantum Mechanics and Electrodynamics (Springer 2016)

Last update: Novotný Tomáš, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (15.10.2019)
Syllabus -
0. Formal scheme of quantum theory
Dirac notation; theory of representations; summary of basics of quantum mechanics; pure and mixed states; density matrix

1. Angular momentum
Spin - Stern-Gerlach experiments; Larmor precession; Rabi oscilations; general solution of angular momentum, composition of angular momentum, complete symmetry of hydrogen

2. Approximate methods - variational and perturbation method
Anharmonic oscilator; coupled oscilators; hydrogen in static electric and magnetic fields

3. Structure of atomic spectral lines
Gross, fine and hyperfine structure of atomic levels; inclusion of relativistic and magnetic effects - Dirac and Pauli equations

4. Many-body problem
Antisymmetry of wave function and exchange interaction; formalism of second quantization; Hartree-Fock approximation; shell model of atoms; Born-Oppenheimer approximation; hydrogen molecule

5. Basics of quantum electrodynamics (non-relativistic theory)
Hamiltonian of charged particles and electromagnetic (EM) field; quantization of EM field; Time-dependent perturbation method and Fermi Golden Rule, spontaneous emission, selection rules

6. Basics of scattering theory
Formulation of the problem - Green function; Lippmann-Schwinger equation Elastic scattering - method of partial waves; phase analysis; low-energy limit: scattering length and effective range Inelastic scattering in Born approximation - photoeffect; atom excitation by electron, photon-atom scattering

Last update: Kapsa Vojtěch, RNDr., CSc. (25.04.2018)
 
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