Welcome to Physics 581 (Spring 2014)

Second semester graduate course in quantum mechanics . Topics covered in Physics 581: Single Electron Atoms, Identical Particles, Many Electron Atoms, Quantum Mechanics with Electromagnetic Fields, Introduction to Many Body Quantum Mechanics, Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information

 Instructor

Professor John Stack

  • 437B Loomis Lab, 333-4357
  • Email: j-stack@illinois.edu
  • Any Day : 437B Loomis/drop by/email me
  • Sunday : 1:30pm to 2:30pm 437 Loomis
  • Monday : 11am to 12pm and 1pm to 2pm 437 Loomis

Graders

Zhenhua Ning

Homework should be placed, by 5pm on the date due, in the 581 box. THE DUE DATE WILL GENERALLY BE MONDAY OF EACH WEEK!
 

Recommended Texts

  • Gottfried and Yan,  Quantum Mechanics: Fundamentals. 2nd Ed.
  • Shankar, Principles of Quantum Mechanics.
  • Bethe and Jackiw, Intermediate Quantum Mechanics.
Also useful are:
  • Baym, Lectures on Quantum Mechanics (LQM)
  • Landau and Lifshitz, Quantum Mechanics
  • Sakurai, Advanced Quantum Mechanics
  • Bransden and Joachain, Physics of Atoms and Molecules
  • Dirac, Principles of Quantum Mechanics
  • A list of useful Reference Books
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