Quantum Mechanics II

Spring 2008

Note: Exercise session on Monday 3 March is held at 12-14. No exercise session on Monday 10 March.

Problem solutions should be put in the box on the 2nd floor of the A-wing by Friday at 14.00.

Exams:	1.	Thursday 6 March	13-17	E204	Incl. p. 85 of lecture notes (molecules). Results
	2.	Tuesday 13 May	12-16	E204	Results and Solutions Get your exam papers from Paul Hoyer at C321.

Grades based on exercises and partial exams.

Course description:: Review of basic formalism. Quantum information. Path integrals. Gauge invariance.
The rotation group and angular momentum. Atomic and molecular dynamics.
Parity and time reversal. Density matrix. Field quantization.
Relativistic quantum mechanics and field theory.
Recommended for 3rd year theoretical physics students, 4th-5th year experimental physics students.
The course Quantum mechanics I (or equivalent) is a prerequisite.

Textbooks:	J. J. Sakurai: Modern Quantum Mechanics (Addison Wesley 1994) [S]
	I. J. R. Aitchison and A. J. G. Hey: Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, Vol. I: From Relativistic Quantum Mechanics to QED (IOP Publishing, 3rd Edition, 2003) [AH]
	J. Niskanen: Kvanttimekaniikka II (Limes 2003) [N]
	F. S. Levin: An Introduction to Quantum Theory (Cambridge University Press 2002) [L]
	D. J. Griffiths: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (Prentice Hall) [G]
	B. H. Bransden and C. J. Joachain: Quantum Mechanics (Prentice Hall 2000) [BJ]
	M. Le Bellac: A Short Introduction to Quantum Information and Quantum Computation (Cambridge University Press, 2006) [MB]

Table of Clebsch-Gordan coefficients, spherical harmonics, gradients, Pauli and Dirac matrices.

Quantum Mechanics II in:	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	2005	2006	2007
Problems of past partial exams:	1/2003	2/2003	1/2004	2/2004	1/2005	2/2005
	1/2007	2/2007	1/2008
Problems of past final exams:	16.5.2003	4.6.2003	13.8.2003	2.6.2004	16.6.2004	11.8.2004
	21.1.2005	8.6.2005	17.8.2005	25.11.2005	30.5.2007	20.6.2007

Lecture notes (p. 1-160)
Figures (p. 1-40)

Exercises:	21.1 Ex_1.pdf	28.1 Ex_2.pdf	4.2 Ex_3.pdf	11.2 Ex_4.pdf	18.2 Ex_5.pdf	25.2 Ex_6.pdf	3.3 Ex_7.pdf	17.3 Ex_8.pdf
	26.3 14-16 Ex_9.pdf	31.3 Ex_10.pdf	7.4 Ex_11.pdf	14.4 Ex_12.pdf	21.4 Ex_13.pdf	28.4 Ex_14.pdf

NOTE: You are strongly encouraged to give feedback on this course by filling out the evaluation form in English or Finnish.