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FIZ 307 | Quantum Mechanics - I | 4+0+0 | ECTS:6 | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | Level of Course | First Cycle | Status | Compulsory | Department | DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHING | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | -- | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Belgin Küçükömeroğlu | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | To introduce the basic concepts and simple applications of quantum mechanics. |
Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | LO - 1 : | Explain black-body radiation, fotoelectric effect and Compton effect | 1,2,3,7 | | LO - 2 : | Describe the process of bremsstrahlung (braking radiation) , characteristic X-Ray, pair production and pair anhillation | 1,2,3 | | LO - 3 : | Apply the Bohr theory of the atom to hydrogen and hydrogen like atoms (He+, Li2+, Be3+ etc.) and use this theory to explain and interpret their spectra | 1,2,3 | | LO - 4 : | Explain the matter waves, de Broglie hypotesis and relate the wave packet with the Heisenberg uncertainty relation. | 1,2,3 | | LO - 5 : | Define the concepts of eigenvalue equation, operator, eigenvalue and eigenfunction | 1,2,3 | | LO - 6 : | Recognize the fact that the time independent Schrödinger equation is an eigenvalue equation. | 1,2,3 | | LO - 7 : | Write the time dependent Schrödinger equation and explain how to solve it | 1,2,3 | | LO - 8 : | Define the concepts of expectation value, probability density, probability flux, and the reflection and transmission coefficient | 1,2,3 | | LO - 9 : | Apply the time independent Schrödinger equation to one dimensional potential problems such as step potential , barrier potential, finite and infinite potential well, harmonic oscillator | 1,2,3,7 | | LO - 10 : | Discuss the solution of Schrödinger equation for hydrogen atom. | 1,2,3,7 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | |
Introduction, quantities in quantum mechanics, energy levels, photons, matter waves, uncertainty principle and theory of measurements. Schrödinger wave equation and its application in one dimensional potential problems, stationary states concepts. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Black-body radiation, fotoelectric effect and Compton effect, Problems | | Week 2 | X-Rays: Continuous X-ray spectrum (Bremsstrahlung (braking radiation)) , Characteristic X-Ray, Electromagnetic spectrum, Pair production and Pair anhillation, Problems | | Week 3 | Bohr theory of the atom to hydrogen and hydrogen like atoms (He+, Li2+, Be3+ etc.), Problems | | Week 4 | Matter waves, de Broglie hypotesis, Problems | | Week 5 | Wave packet , Heisenberg uncertainty relation, Problemler | | Week 6 | Eigenvalue equation, operator, eigenvalue and eigenfunction, Problems | | Week 7 | Time independent Schrödinger equation, time dependent Schrödinger equation, Problems
| | Week 8 | Expectation value, probability density, probability flux, reflection and transmission coefficient | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam
| | Week 10 | Applications of time independent Schrödinger equation to one dimensional potential problems , step potential | | Week 11 | Barrier Potential, Problems | | Week 12 | Finite potential well, Problems | | Week 13 | Infinite potential well, Problems | | Week 14 | Harmonic oscillator, Problems | | Week 15 | General Review and Problem Solutions | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9 | 20/11/2013 | 2 | 50 | End-of-term exam | 16 | 07/01/2014 | 2 | 50 | |
Student Work Load and its Distribution | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 14 | 56 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 7 | 14 | 98 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 25 | 1 | 25 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | Diğer 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Total work load | | | 200 |
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