Advanced Quantum Physics

2022 Course Programme

Instructors

Anastasios Petkou

Degenerate perturbation theory, fine and hyperfine structure of the hydrogen atom, Zeeman effect. Variational principle and applications, WKB approximation and applications. Quantum scattering in one dimension, S-matrix, quantum scattering in three dimensions, cross section, partial waves, phase shifts, optical theorem, low-energy scattering, Green’s functions, Born series and Born approximation. Periodic structures in quantum mechanics, scattering from a lattice, Bloch theorem, Floquet matrix, Brillouin zones. Time-dependent perturbation theory, Dyson series, interaction with electromagnetic fields, selection rules. Density matrix, quantum entanglement, von Neumann entropy, quantum information, quantum measurement and experimental data, Bell inequalities.