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These lecture notes comprise a three-semester graduate course in quantum mechanics at the University of Illinois. There are a number of texts which present the basic topics very well; but since a fair
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* Photon Polarization * Neutral K Mesons * The Motion of Particles in Quantum Mechanics * Potential Problems, Mostly in One Dimension * Equations of Motion for Operators * Orbital Angular Momentum and Central Potentials * The Hydrogen Atom * Cooper Pairs * Potential Scattering * Coulomb Scattering * Stationary State Perturbation Theory * Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory * Interaction of Radiation with Matter * Spin 1/2 * Addition of Angular Momenta * Isotopic Spin * Rotations and Tensor Operators * Identical Particles * Second Quantization * Atoms * Molecules * Relavistic Spin Zero Particles: Klein-Gordon Equation * Relavistic Spin 1/2 Particles: Dirac Equation
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Gordon Baym
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These lecture notes comprise a three-semester graduate course in quantum mechanics at the University of Illinois. There are a number of texts which present the basic topics very well; but since a fair
