Quantum Mechanics II
Graduate Course, University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2026
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Notes:
- Review Notes
- Time Evolution
- Green’s Functions
- Variational Method
- WKB Method
- Time-Independent Perturbation Theory
- Hydrogen Review
- Hydrogen Fine Structure
- Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory
- Interaction Picture and Dyson Series
- Rabi Oscillations
- Intro to Scattering Theory
- Simple Scattering Calculations
- Scattering Formalism and Born Series
- (Complex Integration Refresher)
- Scattering Applications
- Identical Particles
- Second Quantization
- Fermi Gas
- Relativistic Quantum Fields
Homework Assignments:
- HW 1: Probability densities and currents (solutions)
- HW 2: Variational method for anionic hydrogen (solutions)
- HW 3: WKB quantization conditions (solutions)
- HW 4: Relativistic correction to hydrogen (solutions)
- HW 5: Hyperfine splitting including orbital angular and Zeeman effects (solutions)
- HW 6: Rabi oscillations and the rotating wave approximation (solutions)
- HW 7: Preliminary to Scattering Theory (solutions)
- HW 8: Breit-Wigner Resonance (solutions)
- HW 9: Scattering and Identical Particles (solutions)
- HW 10: Exchange Force (solutions)
- HW 11: Scalar Field
Exams
Review Problem Sets:
- Problems 1) Schrödinger’s equation in different bases (solutions)
- Problems 2) Time evolution (solutions)
- Problems 3) Propagators (solutions)