Advanced Quantum Mechanics and Electrodynamics
Winter term 2022/23
The lecture deals with advanced topics in quantum theory and electrodynamics. With the quantization of the electromagnetic field, these two topics are merged and the foundations for quantum electrodynamics are laid. Part I (non-relativistic quantum theory): Spin, addition of angular momentum, time-dependent perturbation theory, scattering theory, many-particle systems, variational methods, Hartree-Fock. Part II (Electrodynamics): Special relativity, Maxwell's equations in covariant form, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism for fields. Part III (relativistic quantum theory): Dirac equation, quantization of the electromagnetic field, coupling of light and matter.
lecture notes (complete)
Requirements
Quantum mechanics and electrodynamics
Lecture
(4 hrs./week)
Professor | schedule | room |
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Prof. Dr. Guido Burkard | Mon 8:15-9:45 | P603 |
Fri 10:00-11:30 | P603 |
first lecture: Monday, 24 October 2022, 8:15 h
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Exercises
(2 hrs./week)
exercises | Tutor | schedule | room |
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G1 | Benedikt Tissot | Thu 8:15 - 9:45 | P1012 |
G2 | Thu 10:00-11:30 | P1012 | |
G3 | Emanuel Hubenschmid | Thu, 11:45-13:15 | P712 |
Stephen McMillan |
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Exam
- written exam (Bachelor´s degree):
Tuesday, 21 Februar 2023, 11:00 -14:00 h, room R 711
Please register in time (at least one week in advance)!
Permitted resources: only writing material and an A4 sheet of paper written on both sides (no calculators, no cell phones / smartphones etc.). - post exam (Bachelor´s degree):
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 9:00 - 12:00 h, room P812
Please register in time (at least one week in advance)!
Permitted resources: see written exam - oral exam (Master´s degree): by agreement
Literature
- Gordon Baym: Lectures on Quantum Mechanics, Addison Wesley (1993).
- Franz Schwabl: Quantenmechanik für Fortgeschrittene, 4. Aufl., Springer (2005).
- Albert Messiah: Quantenmechanik, Band 2, 3. Aufl., de Gruyter (1990).
- Wolfgang Nolting: Grundkurs Theoretische Physik, Band 4, Band 5/2 und Band 7, jeweils 6. Aufl., Springer (2006).
- Henrik Bruus and Karsten Flensberg: Many-Body Quantum Theory in Condensed Matter Physics: An Introduction, Oxford (2004).