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Advanced Quantum Physics
Engineering & Social Sciences Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: early Sep 2025 - mid Dec 2025
Advanced Quantum Physics
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Physics
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 18315
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: Mathematics, basic Quantum Mechanics
DESCRIPTION
1. Postulates of Quantum Mechanics. Dirac¿s matrix formulation. Observables and operators. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Discrete and continuous basis. Spectral decomposition. Temporal evolution of quantum systems. Density matrix.
2. Theory of angular momentum. Orbital angular momentum. Electron spin. Spin-orbit interaction. Stern-Gerlach experiment. Zeeman effect.
3. Approximation methods in Quantum Mechanics: perturbative and variational methods.
4. Introduction to light-matter interaction.
5. Multi-electronic atoms. Pauli¿s exclusion principle. Hartree¿s theory and the periodic table.
6. Introduction to Molecular Physics. Born-Oppenheimer model.
2. Theory of angular momentum. Orbital angular momentum. Electron spin. Spin-orbit interaction. Stern-Gerlach experiment. Zeeman effect.
3. Approximation methods in Quantum Mechanics: perturbative and variational methods.
4. Introduction to light-matter interaction.
5. Multi-electronic atoms. Pauli¿s exclusion principle. Hartree¿s theory and the periodic table.
6. Introduction to Molecular Physics. Born-Oppenheimer model.