Quantum Mechanics

Matter Waves

1. Introduction to QM
2. Waves and Modes
3. Blackbody Radiation
4. Bragg's Law
5. X-Ray Diffraction Techniques
6. Operators and Commutators
7. Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
8. Meaning of Quantum Wave Function
9. Time Independent Schrödinger
10. Mass, Momentum and Energy
11. Perturbation Theory
12. Quantum Scattering

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Symmetry and Bound States

1. Complex Waves
2. Symmetry and Quantum Mechanics
3. Confined Matter Waves

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Measuring the Very Small

1. Continuous Matter or Atoms?
2. The Ring Around the Moon
3. The Geiger-Marsden Experiment
4. Cosmic Rays and Accelerator Experiments
5. Commentary

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Atoms

1. Fermions and Boson
2. The Hydrogen Atom
3. The Periodic Table of the Elements
4. Atomic Spectra

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The Standard Model

1. Quarks and Leptons
2. Quantum Chromodynamics
3. The Electroweak Theory
4. Grand Unification?

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Further Reading and Resources

• This Quantum World - a complete introductory text.
• Quantum theory of observation