Lecture Notes on Quantum Physics

Introduction To Quantum Physics Lecture Notes

Topics discussed in this pdf include: Introduction, Non-Technical Overview, Mathematical Background, The Foundations of Quantum Theory, Continuous Quantum Systems, The Photoelectric Effect, Motivation, Operations on Complex Numbers, Polar Coordinates and Complex Phases, Complex Vector Spaces, Orthonormal Bases, Matrices and the Adjoint, The Outer Product, The Completeness Relation, Representing Vectors in Different Bases, Change of Basis, Multiplication and Inverse of Matrices, Matrices Inside Inner Products, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors, Hermitian Matrices, Unitary Matrices, Normal Matrices, Representing Matrices in Different Bases, Diagonalizable Matrices, Random Variables and Probability Distributions, Conditional Probability, Expected Values, Standard Deviation, Dimensionless and Dimensionful Constants, Hermitian Operators and Observables, Probability Amplitudes, Superposition, Summary For Discrete Systems, The Pauli Matrices, Qubits, The Meaning of Superposition, The Tensor Product, Vectors and Matrices in the Composite Hilbert Space, Quantum Entanglement, The Bell States, Entanglement Does Not Transmit Information, The Uncertainty Principle, Simultaneous Diagonalization, Unitary Transformations and Evolution, Quantum Logic Gates, Applications of the Measurement Axiom, Quantum Teleportation, Exponentials and Logarithms, Matrix and Operator Exponentials, Hamiltonians and Energy, A Quick Review of Classical Hamiltonian Mechanics, Canonical Quantization, The Classical Harmonic Oscillator, Quantizing the Harmonic Oscillator, The Energy Eigenstates of the Harmonic Oscillator, The Position Operator, Wavefunctions in the Position Basis, The Momentum Operator, Quantum Interference, Separation of Variables.

Author(s): Barak Shoshany, Department of Physics, University of Toronto

165 Pages

Lecture Notes on Quantum Physics

Quantum physics is a catch-all term for the ideas, devices and technologies made possible by the development of quantum mechanics in the early part of the 20th century. This note concentrates on the ideas behind quantum mechanics itself, but the broader field of quantum physics encompasses everything from the science of electronic devices and lasers to the philosophical mysteries of quantum measurement theory.

Author(s): Matthew Foulkes

104 Pages

Quantum Physics Notes

This note covers the following topics: The Early History of Quantum Mechanics, The Wave Function, The Two Slit Experiment, Wave Mechanics, Particle Spin and the Stern-Gerlach Experiment, Probability Amplitudes, Vector Spaces in Quantum Mechanics, General Mathematical Description of a Quantum System, State Spaces of Infinite Dimension, Operations on States, Matrix Representations of State Vectors and Operators, Probability, Expectation Value and Uncertainty, Time Evolution in Quantum Mechanics.

Author(s): J D Cresser

238 Pages

The Adventure of Physics Vol. IV The Quantum of Change

This book is written for anybody who is curious about nature and motion. It covers the following topics: Minimum action: quantum theory for poets, Light: the strange consequences of the quantum of action, Motion of matter: beyond classical physics, The quantum description of matter and its motion, Permutation of particles, Rotations and statistics: visualising spin, Superpositions and probabilities, quantum theory without ideology, Colours and other interactions between light and matter and Quantum physics in a nutshell.

Author(s): Christoph Schiller

270 Pages