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Notes on quantum physics and the description of matter and energy interactions on the very small scale.
Basics of Quantum Mechanics
Notes on quantum mechanics and atomic interactions. On the scale of things we are very familiar with we see nature in a way that works for this scale. As we look at smaller and smaller objects and interactions between them and the different forms of energy we somehow intuitively expect nature to behave the same as it does for our larger scale familiar world. The fact is: it doesn't. Reality is not quite what we expect when we look closer and closer. It is however, the basis for everything in our familiar world and it is comprehensible. So the study of quantum physics is well worth the effort to change our limited world view and try to understand nature as it is. Our new found understanding will serve to inform our old view of nature and make it richer than we had noticed before.
- What is Wrong With Our Intuitive Model of Nature
- Fundamental Ideas of Quantum Mechanics
- Mathematical Tools for Exploring Nature
- Quantum Postulates
- Simple Cases
- Spin 1/2
- 1-D Oscillator
- A New Look at Angular Momentum
- A Central Potential
- Scattering
- Electron Spin
- Superposition of Waves
- Adding Angular Momenta
- Perturbation Theory
- Time Dependant Schrödinger Equation
- Approximation Methods
What is Wrong With Our Intuitive Model of Nature
Fundamental Ideas of Quantum Mechanics
Mathematical Tools for Exploring Nature
Quantum Postulates
Simple Cases
Spin 1/2
1-D Oscillator
A New Look at Angular Momentum
A Central Potential
Scattering
Electron Spin
Superposition of Waves
Adding Angular Momenta
Perturbation Theory
Time Dependant Schrödinger Equation
Approximation Methods
A New Look at Angular Momentum
A Central Potential
Scattering
Electron Spin
Superposition of Waves
Adding Angular Momenta
Perturbation Theory
Time Dependant Schrödinger Equation
Approximation Methods
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