Delivery Type	Delivery length / details
Lecture	20 lectures

Assessment Type	Assessment length / details	Proportion
Semester Exam	3 Hours End of semester examinations	75%
Semester Assessment	continuous assessment	25%
Supplementary Exam	3 Hours	100%

Learning Outcomes

After taking this module students should :

be familiar with fundamental assumptions of Quantum Mechanics.
be able to apply simple model potential well systems to solve elementary problems.
describe and apply both time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory.
be able to use a variational method for finding the ground state of a bound particle.

Brief description

The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics are introduced. Model potential wells in 1 and 3 dimensions are described and applied to simple physical phenomena and optical properties in condensed matter. Time-independent (non-degenerate and degenerate) and time-dependent perturbation theory are applied to a number of physical problems, and the variational method is used to derive the ground state of Helium.

Content

Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics and their relation to the properties of dynamic operators, wavefunctions and the eigenvalues that are observed.
Model potential well systems: finite potential well - scattering and tunnelling; cubic and spherical wells - optical phenomena in insulators and quantum confined systems.

Perturbation theory:

Variational method.

Transferable skills

This module will include several problem-solving sessions.

Course Delivery

Assessment

Learning Outcomes

Brief description

Content

Transferable skills

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