MIT 8.04 Quantum Physics I, Spring 2016

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1 Quantum mechanics as a framework. Defining linearity 17:49 2017-07-05
2 Linearity and nonlinear theories. Schrödinger's equation 10:03 2017-07-05
3 Necessity of complex numbers 7:39 2017-07-05
4 Photons and the loss of determinism 17:21 2017-07-05
5 The nature of superposition. Mach-Zehnder interferometer 14:31 2017-07-05
6 More on superposition. General state of a photon and spin states 17:11 2017-07-05
7 Entanglement 13:08 2017-07-05
8 Mach-Zehnder interferometers and beam splitters 15:32 2017-07-05
9 Interferometer and interference 12:25 2017-07-05
10 Elitzur-Vaidman bombs 10:30 2017-07-05
11 The photoelectric effect 22:55 2017-07-05
12 Units of h and Compton wavelength of particles 12:41 2017-07-05
13 Compton Scattering 22:37 2017-07-05
14 de Broglie’s proposal 10:37 2017-07-05
15 de Broglie wavelength in different frames 14:53 2017-07-31
16 Galilean transformation of ordinary waves 12:16 2017-07-31
17 The frequency of a matter wave 10:23 2017-07-31
18 Group velocity and stationary phase approximation 10:32 2017-07-31
19 Motion of a wave-packet 8:59 2017-07-31
20 The wave for a free particle 14:33 2017-07-31
21 Momentum operator, energy operator, and a differential equation 20:32 2017-07-31
22 Free Schrödinger equation 9:56 2017-07-31
23 The general Schrödinger equation. x, p commutator 17:58 2017-07-31
24 Commutators, matrices, and 3-dimensional Schrödinger equation 16:13 2017-07-31
25 Interpretation of the wavefunction 7:57 2017-07-31
26 Normalizable wavefunctions and the question of time evolution 16:49 2017-07-31
27 Is probability conserved? Hermiticity of the Hamiltonian 20:40 2017-07-31
28 Probability current and current conservation 15:20 2017-07-31
29 Three dimensional current and conservation 18:11 2017-07-31
30 Wavepackets and Fourier representation 11:14 2017-07-31
31 Reality condition in Fourier transforms 9:09 2017-07-31
32 Widths and uncertainties 19:12 2017-07-31
33 Shape changes in a wave 16:56 2017-07-31
34 Time evolution of a free particle wavepacket 9:44 2017-07-31
35 Fourier transforms and delta functions 13:57 2017-07-31
36 Parseval identity 15:49 2017-07-31
37 Three-dimensional Fourier transforms 6:04 2017-07-31
38 Expectation values of operators 28:15 2017-07-31
39 Time dependence of expectation values 7:38 2017-07-31
40 Expectation value of Hermitian operators 16:40 2017-07-31
41 Eigenfunctions of a Hermitian operator 13:06 2017-07-31
42 Completeness of eigenvectors and measurement postulate 16:56 2017-07-31
43 Consistency condition. Particle on a circle 17:45 2017-07-31
44 Defining uncertainty 10:31 2017-07-31
45 Uncertainty and eigenstates 15:52 2017-07-31
46 Stationary states: key equations 18:42 2017-07-31
47 Expectation values on stationary states 9:00 2017-07-31
48 Comments on the spectrum and continuity conditions 13:10 2017-07-31
49 Solving particle on a circle 11:05 2017-07-31
50 Energy eigenstates for particle on a circle 16:12 2017-07-31
51 Infinite square well energy eigenstates 13:13 2017-07-31
52 Nodes and symmetries of the infinite square well eigenstates 9:43 2017-07-31
53 Finite square well. Setting up the problem 22:30 2017-07-31
54 Finite square well energy eigenstates 10:39 2017-07-31
55 Nondegeneracy of bound states in 1D. Real solutions 12:35 2017-07-31
56 Potentials that satisfy V(-x) = V(x) 14:18 2017-07-31
57 Qualitative insights: Local de Broglie wavelength 15:51 2017-07-31
58 Correspondence principle: amplitude as a function of position 5:54 2017-07-31
59 Local picture of the wavefunction 12:52 2017-07-31
60 Energy eigenstates on a generic symmetric potential. Shooting method 15:26 2017-07-31
61 Delta function potential I: Preliminaries 16:04 2017-07-31
62 Delta function potential I: Solving for the bound state 15:21 2017-07-31
63 Node Theorem 13:01 2017-07-31
64 Harmonic oscillator: Differential equation 16:42 2017-07-31
65 Behavior of the differential equation 10:31 2017-07-31
66 Recursion relation for the solution 12:26 2017-07-31
67 Quantization of the energy 23:19 2017-07-31
68 Algebraic solution of the harmonic oscillator 16:50 2017-07-31
69 Ground state wavefunction 15:57 2017-07-31
70 Number operator and commutators 15:49 2017-07-05
71 Excited states of the harmonic oscillator 18:19 2017-07-05
72 Creation and annihilation operators acting on energy eigenstates 21:04 2017-07-05
73 Scattering states and the step potential 10:35 2017-07-05
74 Step potential probability current 15:00 2017-07-05
75 Reflection and transmission coefficients 8:12 2017-07-05
76 Energy below the barrier and phase shift 18:41 2017-07-05
77 Wavepackets 20:52 2017-07-05
78 Wavepackets with energy below the barrier 5:55 2017-07-05
79 Particle on the forbidden region 6:50 2017-07-05
80 Waves on the finite square well 15:45 2017-07-05
81 Resonant transmission 17:50 2017-07-05
82 Ramsauer-Townsend phenomenology 10:16 2017-07-05
83 Scattering in 1D. Incoming and outgoing waves 18:06 2017-07-05
84 Scattered wave and phase shift 8:41 2017-07-05
85 Incident packet and delay for reflection 18:52 2017-07-05
86 Phase shift for a potential well 9:13 2017-07-05
87 Excursion of the phase shift 15:17 2017-07-05
88 Levinson's theorem, part 1 14:46 2017-07-05
89 Levinson's theorem, part 2 9:30 2017-07-05
90 Time delay and resonances 18:19 2017-07-05
91 Effects of resonance on phase shifts, wave amplitude and time delay 14:54 2017-07-05
92 Modelling a resonance 15:38 2017-07-05
93 Half-width and time delay 8:18 2017-07-05
94 Resonances in the complex k plane 15:15 2017-07-05
95 Translation operator. Central potentials 19:14 2017-07-05
96 Angular momentum operators and their algebra 14:28 2017-07-05
97 Commuting observables for angular momentum 17:17 2017-07-05
98 Simultaneous eigenstates and quantization of angular momentum 24:36 2017-07-05
99 Associated Legendre functions and spherical harmonics 18:52 2017-07-05
100 Orthonormality of spherical harmonics 17:57 2017-07-05
101 Effective potential and boundary conditions at r=0 14:29 2017-07-05
102 Hydrogen atom two-body problem 25:05 2017-07-05
103 Center of mass and relative motion wavefunctions 14:23 2017-07-05
104 Scales of the hydrogen atom 9:57 2017-07-05
105 Schrödinger equation for hydrogen 20:59 2017-07-05
106 Series solution and quantization of the energy 14:22 2017-07-05
107 Energy eigenstates of hydrogen 12:25 2017-07-05
108 Energy levels and diagram for hydrogen 13:42 2017-07-05
109 Degeneracy in the spectrum and features of the solution 14:21 2017-07-05
110 Rydberg atoms 26:23 2017-07-05
111 Orbits in the hydrogen atom 10:45 2017-07-05
112 More on the hydrogen atom degeneracies and orbits 23:22 2017-07-05
113 The simplest quantum system 13:55 2017-07-05
114 Hamiltonian and emerging spin angular momentum 15:43 2017-07-05
115 Eigenstates of the Hamiltonian 14:04 2017-07-05

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