Episode Synopsis "001 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Probability Amplitudes and Quantum States "

First lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009.

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• 001 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Probability Amplitudes and Quantum States
• 002 Dirac Notation and the Energy Representation
• 003 Operators and Measurement
• 004 Commutators and Time Evolution (the Time Dependent Schrodinger Equation)
• 005 Further TDSE and the Position Representation
• 006 Wavefunctions for Well Defined Momentum, the Uncertainty Principle and Dynamics of a Free Particle
• 007 Back to Two-Slit Interference, Generalization to Three Dimensions and the Virial Theorem
• 008 The Harmonic Oscillator and the Wavefunctions of its Stationary States
• 009 Dynamics of Oscillators and the Anharmonic Oscillator
• 010 Transformation of Kets, Continuous and Discrete Transformations and the Rotation Operator
• 011 Transformation of Operators and the Parity Operator
• 012 Angular Momentum and Motion in a Magnetic Field
• 013 Hilary: The Square Well
• 014 A Pair of Square Wells and the Ammonia Maser
• 015 Tunnelling and Radioactive Decay
• 016 Composite Systems - Entanglement and Operators
• 017 Einstein-Podolski-Rosen Experiment and Bell's Inequality
• 018 Angular Momentum
• 019 Diatomic Molecules and Orbital Angular Momentum
• 020 Further Orbital Angular Momentum, Spectra of L2 and LZ
• 021 Even further Orbital Angular Momentum - Eigenfunctions, Parity and Kinetic Energy
• 022 Spin Angular Momentum
• 023 Spin 1/2 , Stern - Gerlach Experiment and Spin 1
• 024 Classical Spin and Addition of Angular Momenta
• 025 Hydrogen part 1
• 026 Hydrogen part 2 Emission Spectra
• 027 Hydrogen part 3 Eigenfunctions