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Part 1: Basic Concepts

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SYLLABUS Lecture 1: An overview of quantum mechanics.

L1.1 Quantum mechanics as a framework. Defining linearity (17:46)

LECTURE NOTES
L1.2 Linearity and nonlinear theories. Schrdinger's equation (10:01)

L1.3 Necessity of complex numbers (07:38)

VIDEO LECTURES
BASIC CONCEPTS L1.4 Photons and the loss of determinism (17:20)

QUANTUM PHYSICS IN ONE- L1.5 The nature of superposition. Mach-Zehnder interferometer (14:30)
DIMENSIONAL POTENTIALS
Lecture 2: Overview of quantum mechanics (cont.). Interaction-free measurements.
ONE-DIMENSIONAL
SCATTERING, ANGULAR
MOMENTUM & CENTRAL L2.1 More on superposition. General state of a photon and spin states (17:10)
POTENTIALS
L2.2 Entanglement (13:07)

L2.3 Mach-Zehnder interferometers and beam splitters (15:32)

ASSIGNMENTS
L2.4 Interferometer and interference (12:26)

EXAMS L2.5 Elitzur-Vaidman bombs (10:29)

Lecture 3: Photoelectric effect, Compton scattering, and de Broglie wavelength.

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L3.1 The photoelectric effect (22:54)
MATERIALS
L3.2 Units of h and Compton wavelength of particles (12:39)

L3.3 Compton Scattering (22:34)

L3.4 de Broglies proposal (10:39)

Lecture 4: de Broglie matter waves. Group velocity and stationary phase. Wave for a free particle.

L4.1 de Broglie wavelength in different frames (14:53)

L4.2 Galilean transformation of ordinary waves (12:16)

L4.3 The frequency of a matter wave (10:23)

L4.4 Group velocity and stationary phase approximation (10:32)

L4.5 Motion of a wave-packet (08:58)

L4.6 The wave for a free particle (14:35)

Lecture 5: Momentum operator, Schrdinger equation, and interpretation of the wavefunction.

L5.1 Momentum operator, energy operator, and a differential equation (20:33)

L5.2 Free Schrdinger equation (09:56)

L5.3 The general Schrdinger equation. x, p commutator (17:58)

L5.4 Commutators, matrices, and 3-dimensional Schrdinger equation (16:12)

L5.5 Interpretation of the wavefunction (08:01)

Lecture 6: Probability density and current. Hermitian conjugation.

L6.1 Normalizable wavefunctions and the question of time evolution (16:50)

L6.2 Is probability conserved? Hermiticity of the Hamiltonian (20:42)

L6.3 Probability current and current conservation (15:14)

L6.4 Three dimensional current and conservation (18:13)

Lecture 7: Wavepackets and uncertainty. Time evolution and shape change time evolutions.

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L7.1 Wavepackets and Fourier representation (12:23)

L7.2 Reality condition in Fourier transforms (09:11)

L7.3 Widths and uncertainties (19:13)

L7.4 Shape changes in a wave (16:56)

L7.5 Time evolution of a free particle wavepacket (09:44)

Lecture 8: Uncovering momentum space. Expectation values and their time dependence.

L8.1 Fourier transforms and delta functions (13:58)

L8.2 Parseval identity (15:50)

L8.3 Three-dimensional Fourier transforms (06:04)

L8.4 Expectation values of operators (28:15)

L8.5 Time dependence of expectation values (7:37)

Lecture 9: Observables, Hermitian operators, measurement and uncertainty. Particle on a circle.

L9.1 Expectation value of Hermitian operators (16:40)

L9.2 Eigenfunctions of a Hermitian operator (13:05)

L9.3 Completeness of eigenvectors and measurement postulate (16:56)

L9.4 Consistency condition. Particle on a circle (17:45)

L9.5 Defining uncertainty (10:31)

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