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Code	Φ-503
Title	Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Category	B
ECTS	6
Hours	6
Level	Graduate
Semester	Spring
Teacher	I. Kominis
Program	Wednessday 15:00-17:00, Room 4 Thursday 15:00-17:00, Room 4
Course Webpage	https://eclass.physics.uoc.gr/courses/PH503/
Goal of the Course	The course is intended for graduate students as well as for undergraduates with the proper background.
Syllabus	Introduction: Review of Fundamental Principles of Quantum Mechanics. Perturbations: Time-independent perturbations – Time-dependent perturbations – WKB method – variational method – adiabatic & sudden perturbations. Angular Momentum: Introduction, angular momentum operators and eigenfunctions – addition of angular momenta – spin, identical particles. Scattering: Introduction, scattering cross-section, scattering amplitude – high energy scattering – low energy scattering. Quantum Transitions: General theory – transition amplitude – Fermi rules – elementary transitions & selection rules – ionization & resonance absorption - applications. Measurement Theory: Introduction – Bell inequalitites – entanglement. Introduction to relativistic quantum mechanics: Klein-Gordon, Dirac equations – Hydrogen atom, Lamb shift.
Bibliography	«Κβαντοµηχανική ΙΙ» - Στ. Τραχανάς, Πανεπιστηµιακές Εκδόσεις Κρήτης, Νοέµβριος 2008 «The Quantum Theory of Fields, Volume I» - St. Weinberg, Cambridge University Press