UNIT-I Paper Code: PHY 521 WKB approximation Quantisation rule Tunnelling through a barrier Qualitative discussion on α-decay Time dependent perturbation theory and transition probability. UNIT-II Laboratory and centre of mass frames Differential and total scattering cross section Scattering amplitude Scattering by spherically symmetric potentials Partial wave analysis and phase shifts Scattering by a rigid sphere and square well Coulomb scattering Formal theory of scattering – Green function in scattering theory Lippman- Schwinger equation Born Approximation. UNIT-III Meaning of identity and consequences Symmetric and anti symmetric wave functions Slater determinant Symmetric and antisymmetric spin wavefunctions of two identical particles Collision of identical particles UNIT-IV Ladder operators Eigen values and Eigenfunctions of L2 and Lz PHYSICS CHE521: QUANTUM MECHANICM PG SEMESTER:- II, PAPER: - V Using spherical harmonics Angular momentum and rotations Total angular momentum J L-S coupling; eigenvalues of J2 and Jz Addition of angular momentum Clebsch- Gordan coefficients for j1= j2=1/2 and j1=1, j2=1/2 Coupled and uncoupled representation of eigenfunctions Angular momentum matrices Pauli spin matrices Spin eigenfunctions Free particle wavefunctions including spin Addition of two spins. UNIT-V Klein – Gordon equation Feynman-Stuckelberg interpretation of negative energy states and concept of antiparticles Dirac equation Covariant form Adjoint equation Plane wave solution and momentum space spinors Spin and magnetic moment of the electron Non relativistic reduction. Helicity and chirality Properties of γ matrices Charge conjugation Normalisation andcompleteness of spinors.
By Ravibhushan Kumar