PHYS 412 - Quantum Mechanics

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Southern Adventist University

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Prerequisites: PHYS 215, 216, 310; MATH 315. The limits to classical physics; wave packets, the Schroedinger equation, eigenfunctions and eigenvalues, one-dimensional potentials, the solution of the Schroedinger equation in spherical-polar coordinates for the hydrogen atom; electron spin and the Pauli requirement for antisymmetric wave functions, with applications to states of light atoms; variation techniques for small atoms and molecules, Hueckel and LCAO methods. This class is not open to students who have taken CHEM 412. (Winter, odd years)

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.southern.edu

Phone Number:

(423) 236-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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