Quantum Mechanics II - Spring Semester 1404-05 (2026)

General Information

• Lecturer: Neda Sadooghi
• Office: Room 519, Physics Department
• Time: Saturdays and Mondays 15:00 - 16:30
• Place: Partovi Seminar Room (412) or https://vc.sharif.edu/ch/sadooghi
• Office Hours:  By arrangement (Contact: sadooghi@physics.sharif.ir)

Course Schedules

• Semester starts on: Saturday 1404/12/02
• War (40 days)
• Semester ends on: Wednesday 1405/04/10
• Midterm Exam on: 1405/03/15 at 15:00 (Online)
• Homework groups: 2 Groups (G1: Sun:12:30-13:30, G2: Mon: 12:30-13:30)
• Final Exam on: ????????

References

• Quantum Physics, S. Gasiorowicz, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 3rd Edition, 2003
• Quantum Mechanics, F. Schwabl, Springer Verlag, 4th Edition, 2007

Scores

• Quizzes: 4 Points
• Midterm Exam: 6 Points
• Final Exam: 10 Points
• Written term paper (Voluntary): 1 Point (Bonus)

Content

• The motion of a free electron in a magnetic field
  • Normal Zeeman effect
  • Landau levels
• Spin
  • States, Spinors
• Addition of angular momenta
• Time independent perturbation theory
• Relativistic corrections of Hydrogen atom
  • Relativistic kinetic energy
  • Spin-orbit coupling
  • Lamb shift
  • Hyperfine structure
• Identical particles
  • Bosons and fermions
  • Helium atom
• The Schroedinger, Heisenberg and interaction representation
• Time dependent perturbation theory
• Interaction with radiation field

Lecture Notes

Week 01:	L01	L02
Week 02:	L03	L04
Week 03:	L05	L06
Week 04:	L07	L08
Week 05:	L09	CG coeff
Week 06:	L10	L11
Week 07:	L12	L13
Week 08:	L14	L15
Week 09:	L16	L17
Week 10:	L18	L19
Week 11:	L20	L21
Week 12:	L22	L23
Week 13:	L24	L25
Week 14:	L26	L27
Week 15:	L28	L29

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Homeworks