PHYSICS 115A

Quantum Mechanics

Physics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Classical background. Basic ideas of quantum nature of light, wave-particle duality, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Schrödinger equation. One-dimensional square well and harmonic oscillator problems. One-dimensional scattering, Formal theory, Hilbert spaces, and Dirac notation.

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Requisites: courses 17, 32, 105A.

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PHYSICS 115A

PHYSICS 17Modern Physics
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
  - MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus1 more beneath
  - MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
  - MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it

3 direct requisites. Showing 43 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

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PHYSICS 115A

PHYSICS 112Thermal Physics
- PHYSICS 140AIntroduction to Solid-State Physics
  - PHYSICS 241ASolid-State Physicsanother path to it
- PHYSICS 140BQuantum States of Matteranother path to it
- EPS SCI 200AIntroduction to Geophysics and Space Physics I: Solid Earth and Planets