PC5201 Advanced Quantum Mechanics

Semester I, 2000/01

Level: Graduate

Prerequisite: PC4201 Quantum Mechanics

Timetable: Monday and Wednesday 6-8p.m. (Physics Resource Room)

Synopsis

Textbooks:

Some good general references are:

• L.H. Ryder, Quantum Field Theory 2nd ed. Cambridge UP (1996)
• F. Mandl and G. Shaw, Quantum Field Theory Wiley (1984)
• C. Itzykson and J.-B. Zuber, Quantum Field Theory McGraw-Hill (1985)
• M.E. Peskin and D.V. Schroeder, An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory Addison-Wesley (1995) [description and corrections]
• W. Greiner and J. Reinhardt, Field Quantization Springer-Verlag (1996)

Specific references for the different sections can be found in the notes below.

Lecture Notes:

These are the notes I made mainly to help me plan the course. I have decided to make them available for downloading, so that you can follow along in the lectures without having to worry too much about taking notes.

• Cover, Contents and General Introduction [dvi,ps,pdf]
  
• Chapter 1: Relativistic quantum mechanics [dvi,ps,pdf]
  
• Chapter 2: Feynman path-integral formulation of quantum mechanics [dvi,ps,pdf]
  
• Chapter 3: Canonical quantisation [dvi,ps,pdf]
  
• Chapter 4: Interacting fields [dvi,ps,pdf]

I especially welcome comments on these notes. If you spot any typographical errors, or have suggestions for future improvements, I would be pleased to hear of them (you may use the feedback form below).

Some advice on downloading the files

Tutorials:

• Exercise 1 [dvi,ps,pdf]
  
• Exercise 2 [dvi,ps,pdf]
  
• Exercise 3 [dvi,ps,pdf]
  
• Exercise 4 [dvi,ps,pdf]

Miscellaneous:

• A lesson on tensors in special relativity by Peter Dunsby.
  
• Links to other similar courses around the world.

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