MITPhysics8.04

Quantum Physics I

planned·~168 hours total

Professors

Allan Adams
Barton Zwiebach

Prerequisites

8.03SC — Physics III: Vibrations and Waves
18.03 — Differential Equations
18.06 — Linear Algebra

Materials

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Foundations of quantum mechanics — wave-particle duality, Schrödinger equation, one-dimensional potentials, harmonic oscillator, angular momentum, hydrogen atom. Two famous OCW versions exist (Adams 2013, Zwiebach 2016).