Part H: Scattering theory
Graduate Quantum Mechanics Lecture Notes
Preface
1
Introduction
Part A: Foundations of quantum mechanics
2
Hilbert spaces and postulates of QM
3
The two-state system
4
Time evolution in quantum mechanics
5
Example: Rabi oscillations and quantum control
Part B: Quantum mechanics in one dimension
6
Position and momentum operators
7
The quantum simple harmonic oscillator
8
Time-evolution pictures and classical from quantum
9
Wave mechanics and probability currents
10
Example: the ammonia maser
11
Symmetry in quantum mechanics
Part C: Quantum mechanics in three dimensions
12
Rotational symmetry
13
Wave mechanics in three dimensions
14
Spin in quantum mechanics
15
Addition of angular momentum
Part D: Multi-particle states
16
Entanglement
17
Density matrix formalism
18
Aspects of time evolution and density matrices
19
Identical particles
Part E: Approximation methods, part I
20
WKB approximation
21
Time-independent perturbation theory
22
Degenerate-state perturbation theory
23
A deep dive into hydrogen
24
Variational methods
25
The helium atom
Part F: More symmetries in quantum mechanics
26
Propagators and path integration
27
Gauge symmetry
28
Rotational symmetry and selection rules
29
Spherical tensors and Wigner-Eckart theorem
Part G: Approximation methods, part II
30
Time-dependence: sudden and adiabatic approximations
31
Time-dependent perturbation theory
32
Electromagnetic transitions
Part H: Scattering theory
33
Scattering in one-dimensional systems
34
Scattering in three-dimensional systems
35
Scattering in perturbation theory
Appendices
A
Quick review for hydrogenic atoms
B
Invitation to quantum field theory
C
Algebraic identities for spherical harmonics
D
Berry phase
E
Time reversal
Part H: Scattering theory
32
Electromagnetic transitions
33
Scattering in one-dimensional systems