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 relativistic Dirac equation, positrons and the natural
occurrence of Pauli's theory of spin. The form of a spin eigenstate, and the
observation of interference effects after a rotation by 2[[pi]]. Wavepacket
motion and how the analysis of Stern-Gerlach and other experiments leads to the
formal Hilbert space structure of quantum theory. Hilbert space as a product
space, correlations in problems with more than one particle, particle creation
and destruction operators.
Prescribed text
- Merzbacher E Quantum mechanics 2nd edn, Wiley, 1970
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