Quantum Physics

The limits of classical physics; wave packets and the uncertainty relations; the Schrodinger wave equation and the probability interpretation; eigenfunctions and eigenvalues; one-dimensional potentials; the general structure of wave mechanics; operator methods in quantum mechanics; n-particle systems; the Schrodinger equation in 3-dimensions (i); the Schrodinger equation in 3-dimensions (ii); angular momentum; the hydrogen atom; interaction of electrons with electromagnetic fields; operators, matrices and spin; the addition of angular momenta; time-independent perturbation theory; the real hydrogen atom; the helium atom; the structure of atoms; molecules; the radiation of atoms; selected topics in radiation theory; collision theory; the absorption of radiation in matter.