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PHYS-4456: 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-4455

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 20

Average GPA: 3.01 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 31.00%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.55%

Patrick Huber201123.6%47.8%14.7%10.3%3.4%0.0%2.783
Uwe C Tauber202219.7%34.3%31.9%10.6%2.4%1.2%2.535
Camillo Mariani201452.3%27.8%10.7%4.9%3.3%1.0%3.173
Tatsu Takeuchi200930.0%50.0%15.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%3.131
Ian Shoemaker202378.5%16.7%4.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.724
Shunsaku Horiuchi201823.4%55.6%14.9%3.3%2.2%0.5%2.954

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