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PHYS-4455: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

Description: Experimental bases; postulates; conservation theorems and symmetry; one-dimensional and two-dimensional problems; angular momentum and problems in three dimensions; matrix mechanics and spin; applications to atomic and molecular physics; perturbation theory; scattering.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: PHYS-3355

Required By: PHYS-4456, PHYS-4264, PHYS-4756, PHYS-5794

Corequisites: PHYS-3406

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 21

Average GPA: 2.84 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 24.70%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.25%

Tatsu Takeuchi201021.4%32.8%22.0%17.6%6.3%0.0%2.393
Uwe C Tauber202222.9%26.4%24.2%19.8%2.3%4.6%2.493
Beate Schmittmann200538.9%33.3%16.7%11.1%0.0%0.0%3.031
Patrick Huber202424.7%31.7%26.8%10.4%4.7%1.7%2.624
Ian Shoemaker202377.1%20.0%2.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%3.713
Camillo Mariani201429.1%46.7%19.7%3.0%1.6%0.0%2.962
Shunsaku Horiuchi201923.6%46.9%24.5%2.8%1.5%0.7%2.885

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