Sep 01, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Hill Book 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Hill Book

PHY 323 - Quantum Physics

3 Credits
Offered Spring
Schroedinger wave equation and the statistical interpretation of the wave function; the time independent equation in one dimension - free particle, square wells, barriers, tunneling; the equation in three dimensions - hydrogen atom and angular momentum; identical particles and spin; multiparticle states and entanglement; introduction to solids and Block theorem.

Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): PHY 121 - Physics I PHY 122 - Physics II PHY 221 - Physics III , and (MTH 251 - Linear Algebra  or MTH 264 - Linear Algebra and Differential Equations