MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Science Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

Quantum mechanics

Synopsis The aim is to discuss the underlying basic concepts of quantum mechanics and to apply the formalism to a number of physical problems, thereby illustrating approximation methods. The basic postulates of quantum mechanics. General properties of states and observables in the Schrödinger formulation. Matrix mechanics, basic sets, eigenvectors and secular equations. Commutation relations and angular momentum. Introduction of spin, Pauli spin matrices and spin wave functions. Pauli's exclusion principle and symmetry.

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