Syllabus Application
PHYS 531
Quantum Mechanics I
Faculty
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Semester
Fall 2025-2026
Course
PHYS 531 -
Quantum Mechanics I
Time/Place
Time
Week Day
Place
Date
14:40-16:30
Mon
FASS-2031
Sep 29, 2025-Jan 3, 2026
14:40-15:30
Tue
FENS-G015
Sep 29, 2025-Jan 3, 2026
Level of course
Masters
Course Credits
SU Credit:3, ECTS:10
Prerequisites
-
Corequisites
-
Course Type
Lecture
Instructor(s) Information
Mehmet Zafer Gedik
- Email: gedik@sabanciuniv.edu
Course Information
Catalog Course Description
Dirac formulation, operators, measurements and observables, , unitary transformations, Heisenberg ve Schrödinger pictures, Schrödinger's equation, Feynman path integrals, rotations and angular momentum, hydrogen atom, spin, addition of angular momenta.
Course Learning Outcomes:
| 1. | a) describe the concept of superposition, |
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| 2. | b) use this concept to predict outcomes of measurements done on simple quantum systems |
| 3. | c) comprehend the concepts of state vectors and operators |
| 4. | d) solve the energy eigenvalue equation for a range of 1d problems and demonstrate energy quantisation and quantum tunnelling effects, |
| 5. | e) use Dirac notation to calculate expectation values and probabilities for common observables, |
| 6. | f) solve Schrödinger equation for a range of selected three-dimensional problems such as the hydrogen atom, perform calculations on angular momentum wave functions, |
| 7. | g) describe how a general initial state will evolve with time, |
| 8. | h) Calculate how a simple initial state will evolve with time. |
Course Objective
Teach fundamentals of quantum mechanics at an advanced level (such that the student is able to follow simple research papers)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Related to This Course:
| Affordable and Clean Energy |
Course Materials
Resources:
Modern Quantum Mechanics (Revised Edition), J. J. Sakurai, Addison
Wesley Longman 1994.
Wesley Longman 1994.