After successful completion of the course, students are able to explain fundamental experiments and theoretical foundations of quantum mechanics. Students are proficient in Dirac's formalism, basic operator algebra and are able to solve simple single-particle problems (e.g. free particle, harmonic oscillator, hydrogen atom) employing various mathematical techniques. Furthermore students understand basic principles of the quantum mechanical description of physical variables (e.g. angular momentum, spin).

Foundations of quantum mechanics: fundamental experiments, Schrödinger equation, wave mechanics, Dirac formalism, eigenvalue problems, scattering theory, angular momentum and spin, harmonic oscillator, measurement processes in quantum theory, hydrogen atom, perturbation theory.

Involving students in the lecture by asking questions and tutorials for solving problems independently.

First meeting: Thursday, 1.10. 2020 at 10:30 (online through Zoom - hyper-link available through the TUWEL course). In this first meeting all details regarding the implementation of this course will be discussed. The first regular lecture will take place on Monday, 12.10. (8:00-9:00).

First exercises: Friday,  9.10. 2020, presumably 11:00-12:00 (registration here in TISS is compulsory, groups will be assigned based on alphabetic ordering).

First Q&A with the tutors: Thursday, 16.10.2020 at 10:00 (online thorugh Zoom - link available in TUWEL).

Schedule (according to the current planning of the Dean's office, lectures for one cohort will be held in the lecture hall with a live stream available for the other cohorts - presumably via Zoom):

• Mo. 8:00-9:00 Lecture
  
  
• Tue. 8:00-9:00 Lecture 

• We.: 8:00-9:00 Lecture

• Thu. 8:00-9:00 Lecture
• Thu. 10:00-11:00 Q&A with the tutors (onlin eonly thriugh Zoom)

• Tutorials (with exercise assignments): presumably Fr. 11:00-12:00 (online only through Zoom)

There are two tests during the semester (04.12. 14:00-16:00 and 29.01. 10:00-13:00). The test points together with the points from the tutorials will result in the overall grade (grade scale can be found on TUWEL).

Please register in TISS for this course until 7.10.2020 (the assignments to the individual tutorials will be done the basis of alphabetic ordering).