Quantum Physics by Prof. Graeme Ackland

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

Quantum Physics by Douglas Ross FRS

This note covers the following topics: Classical Physics, Waves, Probability Density, The Ultraviolet Catastrophe, Bragg X-ray Diffraction, Wave-Particle Duality, Particles and Fields, Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, Wavefunctions - Schrodinger’s Equation, Quantum Tunnelling, Quantum States and Superposition, Two State Systems, Wavefunction Collapse, Interpretations of Quantum Physics, Probabilistic Determinism.

Author(s): Douglas Ross FRS

97 Pages

Quantum Physics by Prof. Graeme Ackland

This note covers the following topics: Time-Independent Non-degenerate Perturbation Theory, Dealing with Degeneracy, Degeneracy, Symmetry and Conservation Laws, Time--dependence, Two state systems, Hydrogen ion and Covalent Bonding, The Variational Principle, Indistinguishable Particles and Exchange, Self-consistent field theory, Fundamentals of Quantum Scattering Theory, Scattering in three dimensions, Quantum Scattering Theory, Partial Waves.

Author(s): Prof. Graeme Ackland

NA 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