Advanced Quantum Theory

MSc Physics

Winter Term 2024/25

Please register here (only accessible from the university network) for the exercise groups! In order to register, you need the Lecture Key given in the first lecture. If you don't now the Lecture Key ask your fellow students or send an email to katharina.brechtelsbauer@itp3.uni-stuttgart.de.

 

 

Begin of Lecture

Thursday, 17 October 2024

Time & Date

  • Thursday, 11:30  - 13:00, Seminar room 5.331, Pfaffenwaldring 57
  • Friday, 11:30  - 13:00, Seminar room 5.331, Pfaffenwaldring 57

General Information

  • The lecture and the tutorials will be given in English.
  • Importantly, if you are a student in the german masters program, you have to attend the german master's version of this course.
  • There are two types of problems: "Written" problems are handed in in class and graded/corrected by the tutor. "Oral" problems are discussed in the tutorials and presented by students on the blackboard.
  • Admission to the final exam requires 80% of the written scores, 66% of the oral scores, and presenting a problem on the blackboard twice.
  • The registration for the exercise groups (only accessible from the university network) will be open from 17.10.2024, 13:30. In order to register, you need the Lecture Key given in the first lecture.
  • If you assign a password at the registration, you can request your current scores here.
  • You can also find detailed information on lecture and tutorials on ILIAS.

Examination

  • The examination is oral
  • Possible dates are Thursday 20.02.2025, Thursday 13.03.2025,  and Thursday 20.03.2025
  • Please register with Katharina Brechtelsbauer (Room 5.560) till 30.01.2025 

Note on the recognition of certificates from other lecturers:
Participation in the final exam is only possible with a recognized certificate. Students who have already obtained a certificate from another lecturer must have it recognized by 30.01.2025 by sending it to Katharina Brechtelsbauer (katharina.brechtelsbauer@itp3.uni-stuttgart.de).

Literature

  • G. Blatter, Quantenmechanik Skript (see also references therein)
  • G. Baym, Lectures on Quantum Mechanics
  • A. Messiah, Quantum Mechanics 2
  • C. Cohen-Tannoudji, Quantum Mechanics 1 and 2 (for repetition)

Topics

  • Repetition of the basics of quantum mechanics
  • Perturbation theory
    (time-independent; time-dependent: Fermi's golden rule)
  • Spin & Addition of angular momentum 
    (Clebsch-Gordan coefficients; Wigner-Eckart theorem)
  • Identical particles & Second quantization
  • Quantization of the electromagnetic field
  • Light-matter interaction
  • Relativistic quantum mechanics
  • Introduction to quantum information

Problem Sets

No. Problem Set Date Comments
1 Problem set 1 17.10.2024  
2 Problem set 2 24.10.2024  
3 Problem set 3 31.10.2024  
4 Problem set 4 07.11.2024  
5 Problem set 5 14.11.2024  
6 Problem set 6 21.11.2024  
7 Problem set 7 28.11.2024  
8 Problem set 8 5.12.2024  
9 Problem set 9 12.12.2024  
10 Problem set 10 19.12.2024  
11 Problem set 11 09.01.2025  
12 Problem set 12 16.01.2025  
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Tutorials

Tutor Day Time Room
Santiago Higuera Quintero Thursday 9:45 2.561
Katharina Brechtelsbauer Thursday 9:45 5.331
       
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