Ground state of a 2D quantum system with two classical minima. (Image adapted from course content.)
Prof. Washington Taylor
8.322
Spring 2003
Graduate
8.322 is the second semester of a two-semester subject on quantum theory, stressing principles. Topics covered include: time-dependent perturbation theory and applications to radiation, quantization of EM radiation field, adiabatic theorem and Berry's phase, symmetries in QM, many-particle systems, scattering theory, relativistic quantum mechanics, and Dirac equation.