F6050 Advanced quantum mechanics

Faculty of Science
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Michal Lenc, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Michal Lenc, Ph.D.
Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Michal Lenc, Ph.D.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives are to learn more on 1] some new tools for the solution of the quantum mechanical problems 2) relativistic quantum mechanics and 3) scattering theory.
Syllabus
  • New tools: Density matrix Propagators Feynman integrals Scattering theory: Lippmann - Schwinger equation Born and Eikonal approximation Optical theorem Low energy scattering, bound states, resonances Scattering of identical particles Relativistic theory: Lorentz and SU(2) groups Spinor and standard representation Dirac equation and its solution in elementary examples
Literature
  • Landau
  • LANDAU, Lev Davydovič and Jevgenij Michajlovič LIFŠIC. Quantum mechanics : non-relativistic theory. 3rd rev. and enl. ed. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, 2002, xv, 677 s. ISBN 0-08-029140-6. info
  • BERESTECKIJ, Vladimir Borisovič and Lev Petrovič PITAJEVSKIJ. Quantum electrodynamics. Edited by Jevgenij Michajlovič Lifšic, Translated by J. B. Sykes - J. S Bell. 2nd ed. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999, xv, 652 s. ISBN 0-7506-3371-9. info
  • FEYNMAN, Richard Phillips. Quantum electrodynamics. [Reading, MA.]: Westview Press, 1998, x, 198. ISBN 0201360756. info
  • FEYNMAN, Richard Phillips. Statistical mechanics : a set of lectures. Reading: W. A. Benjamin, 1972, xii, 354. info
  • FEYNMAN, Richard Phillips and Albert R. HIBBS. Kvantovaja mechanika i integraly po trajektorijam. Translated by E. M. Barliš - Ju. L. Obuchov. Moskva: Mir, 1968, 382 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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