Ground state of a 2D quantum system with two classical minima. (Image adapted from course content.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Washington Taylor
MIT Course Number
8.322
As Taught In
Spring 2003
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
8.322 is the second semester of a two-semester subject on quantum theory, stressing principles. Topics covered include: time-dependent perturbation theory and applications to radiation, quantization of EM radiation field, adiabatic theorem and Berry's phase, symmetries in QM, many-particle systems, scattering theory, relativistic quantum mechanics, and Dirac equation.