| Instructor | Prof. Ch. Elster |
| Office | 265 Clippinger |
| elster@ohiou.edu | |
| URL | www.phy.ohiou.edu/~elster/phys735/ |
| Class | MWF, MWF, 1:10pm - 2:00pm, Clippinger 131 |
| Office hours | by appointment as needed |
| Textbooks (optional): |
| Advanced Quantum Mechanics: F. Schwabl, Springer 1997 (well written) |
| Relativistic Quantum Mechanics: Wave Equations by W. Greiner, Springer 1997 (learning by solving problems) |
| Relativistic Quantum Mechanics by S.D. Bjorken and J.D. Drell (Library only) |
| Additional References: |
| Relativisitc Quantum Mechanics and Introduction to Field Theory, F. J. Yndurain, Springer 1996. |
| Modern Quantum Mechanics, J.J. Sakurai, San Fu Tuan, Addison-Wesley, 1994 |
| Quantum Mechanics II, A. Messiah |
| Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory, F. Gross, (Wiley 1999) |
| Mathematical References: |
| Mathematical Methods for Physicists, G.B. Arfken, H.J. Weber |
| Methods of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 1, Courant and Hilbert |
| Methods of Theoretical Physics, I and II, Morse and Feshbach |
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Problem sets: 30%; Class Participation: 10%; Take-Home exam: 30%; In-Class Exam: 30% Homework will be assigned once every week or once every two weeks, depending on the amount and length of the problems. A course `advanced quantum mechanics' can be viewed on the one hand a course where some of the material is revisited and put into a broader context, on the other hand it should also show some of the advanced concepts, which lead from nonrelativistic quantum mechanics to the problems the incoorporation of special relativity intoduces to quantum mechancis, and which eventually lead to quantum field theory.
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| Table of Contents: |
| Chapter 1 |
| Chapter 2 |
| Chapter 3 |
| Chapter 4 |
| Chapter 5 |
| Chapter 6 |
| Appendix A |