FYSS7532 Quantum Mechanics 2, part B (6 cr)

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Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English, Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of Physics
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028

Description

  • Many-body quantum mechanics

  • Feynman path integrals

  • Relativistic quantum mechanics

  • Quantized electromagnetic field 

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the students will be able to

  • Identify and explain the basic starting point of many-particle quantum mechanics

  • Apply the formalism of second quantization for the description of many-particle phenomena both for bosons and fermions

  • Explain the basic principle of the Fermi gas and some of its properties

  • Apply mean field theory in describing interacting many-particle systems

  • Explain the idea of Feynman path integrals and use them in some elementary cases

  • Explain the relativistic limit of quantum mechanics, and use the Dirac equation to describe spin-1/2 particles in the relativistic limit

  • Explain the basic idea of quantized electromagnetic field, and properties deriving from this especially in describing transition rates.  

Description of prerequisites

  • FYSA203 and FYSA2032 Quantum mechanics, parts A & B

  • FYSS7531 Quantum mechanics 2, part A  

Study materials

TIM, Lecture notes

Literature

  • Yu. V. Nazarov and J. Danon, Advanced Quantum Mechanics (Cambridge University Press, 2013)
  • D.J. Griffits, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, ISBN: 978-013111892
  • Landau & Lifshitz, Quantum mechanics
  • J.J. Sakurai & J.J. Napolitano, Modern Quantum Mechanics (2nd edition, Pearson Education, 2014)
  • Walter Greiner, Quantum Mechanics – an introduction (3rd edition, Springer, 1994)

Completion methods

Method 1

Description:
A written exam can be arranged for students who are not able to take the oral exam (for example they have a recommendation for individual study arrangements).
Evaluation criteria:
Exercises 40 %, preliminary exercises 20 %, oral exam 40 %. Individual parts graded separately, and the final grade is obtained by weighted average of the normalized points from each part. Self-evaluation of the written and preliminary exercises.
Time of teaching:
Period 4
Select all marked parts

Method 2

Description:
This completion method is intended for students for whom method 1 is not possible for specific reasons (e.g. language, living elsewhere). The course lecturer must be contacted before enrolling on the course.
Evaluation criteria:
Exercises and exam.
Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
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Teaching (6 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Evaluation criteria:
<p>Participation in teaching, exercises and oral exam</p>
Language:
English, Finnish

Teaching

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Independent study (6 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Evaluation criteria:
Exercises and exam.
Language:
English, Finnish
Study methods:

Self-study, exercises and exam. 

Teaching