Quantum theory i

Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session

8.05 Quantum Physics II

This is the first semester of a two-semester graduate-level subject on quantum theory.

Sakurai, Jun John, and Jim Napolitano. Modern Quantum Mechanics. Cambridge University Press, 2017. ISBN: 9781108422413. [Preview with Google Books]

The Solvay Meetings and the Development of Quantum Mechanics. Niels Bohr at the occasion of the 12th Solvay Conference in Physics, 9–14. October 1961. "Quantum Theory of Fields (PDF)."

Kleppner, Daniel, and Roman Jackiw. "One Hundred Years of Quantum Physics." Science 289, no. 5481 (2000): 893–8.

The course grade is based entirely on the homework assignments.

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