Advanced Quantum Theory - physics606
| Course | Advanced Quantum Theory |
|---|---|
| Course No. | physics606 |
| Category | Type | Language | Teaching hours | CP | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Lecture with exercises | English | 3+2 | 7 | WT |
Preparation: Theoretical courses at the Bachelor degree level
Form of Testing and Examination: Requirements for the module examination (written examination): successful work with exercises
Length of Course: 1 semester
Aims of the Course: Ability to solve problems in relativistic quantum mechanics, scattering theory and many-particle theory
Contents of the Course:
Born approximation, partial waves, resonances
advanced scattering theory: S-matrix, Lippman-Schwinger equation
relativistic wave equations: Klein-Gordon equation, Dirac equation
representations of the Lorentz group
many body theory
second quantization
basics of quantum field theory
path integral formalism
Greens functions, propagator theory
Recommended Literature:
L. D. Landau, E.M. Lifschitz; Course of Theoretical Physics Vol.3 Quantum Mechanics (Butterworth-Heinemann 1997)
J. J. Sakurai, Modern Quantum Mechanics (Addison-Wesley 1995)
F. Schwabl, Advanced Quantum Mechanics. (Springer, Heidelberg 3rd Ed. 2005)