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Quantum Physics I

Prof. Allan Adams, Prof. Matthew Evans and Prof. Barton Zwiebach · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

This course covers the experimental basis of quantum physics. It introduces wave mechanics, Schrödinger’s equation in a single dimension, and Schrödinger’s equation in three dimensions.

It is the first course in the undergraduate Quantum Physics sequence, followed by 8.05 Quantum Physics II and 8.06 Quantum Physics III.

Lectures

Lecture Videos

  1. Lecture 1: Introduction to Superposition 1 h 17 min · Video
  2. Lecture 2: Experimental Facts of Life 1 h 21 min · Video
  3. Lecture 3: The Wave Function 1 h 18 min · Video
  4. Lecture 4: Expectations, Momentum, and Uncertainty 1 h 21 min · Video
  5. Lecture 5: Operators and the Schrödinger Equation 1 h 24 min · Video
  6. Lecture 6: Time Evolution and the Schrödinger Equation 1 h 23 min · Video
  7. Lecture 7: More on Energy Eigenstates 1 h 16 min · Video
  8. Lecture 8: Quantum Harmonic Oscillator 1 h 21 min · Video
  9. Lecture 9: Operator Methods for the Harmonic Oscillator 1 h 18 min · Video
  10. Lecture 10: Clicker Bonanza and Dirac Notation 1 h 22 min · Video
  11. Lecture 11: Dispersion of the Gaussian and the Finite Well 1 h 22 min · Video
  12. Lecture 12: The Dirac Well and Scattering off the Finite Step 1 h 24 min · Video
  13. Lecture 13: More on Scattering 1 h 23 min · Video
  14. Lecture 14: Resonance and the S-Matrix 1 h 24 min · Video
  15. Lecture 15: Eigenstates of the Angular Momentum Part 1 1 h 25 min · Video
  16. Lecture 16: Eigenstates of the Angular Momentum Part 2 1 h 21 min · Video
  17. Lecture 17: More on Central Potentials 1 h 21 min · Video
  18. Lecture 18: "Hydrogen" and its Discontents 1 h 21 min · Video
  19. Lecture 19: Identical Particles 1 h 23 min · Video
  20. Lecture 20: Periodic Lattices Part 1 1 h 25 min · Video
  21. Lecture 21: Periodic Lattices Part 2 1 h 23 min · Video
  22. Lecture 22: Metals, Insulators, and Semiconductors 1 h 27 min · Video
  23. Lecture 23: More on Spin 1 h 23 min · Video
  24. Lecture 24: Entanglement: QComputing, EPR, and Bell's Theorem 1 h 23 min · Video

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Physics
Taught by
Prof. Allan Adams, Prof. Matthew Evans, Prof. Barton Zwiebach
Term
Spring 2013
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Physics
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. Allan Adams, Prof. Matthew Evans, Prof. Barton Zwiebach. Quantum Physics I. Spring 2013. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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