Class Central is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Quantum Mechanics: A First Course

Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MITx Online

Go to class Write review
Simplilearn Ad

Lead AI-Native Products with Microsoft's Agentic AI Program

Learn More → Corporate Finance Institute Ad

Build the Finance Skills That Lead to Promotions — Not Just Certificates

Learn More →

Overview

Google, IBM & Meta Certificates — All 10,000+ Courses at 40% Off
One annual plan covers every course and certificate on Coursera. 40% off for a limited time.
Get Full Access
Learn about wavefunctions and their probabilistic interpretation, how to solve the Schrödinger equation for a particle moving in one-dimensional potentials, scattering, central potentials, and the hydrogen atom.

Syllabus

  • The wavefunction and its probability interpretation.
  • Time-evolution of wave-packets.
  • Ehrenfest’s theorem and uncertainty relations.
  • Solutions of the Schrodinger equation for one-dimensional potentials: the square well and the harmonic oscillator.
  • Barrier penetration and the Ramsauer-Townsend effect.
  • Basics of quantum scattering in one dimension.
  • Phase-shifts, time delay, Levinson’s theorem, and resonances.
  • Angular momentum in Quantum Mechanics.

Taught by

Barton Zwiebach and Michelle Tomasik

Tags

Reviews

Start your review of Quantum Mechanics: A First Course

Go to class

Never Stop Learning.

Get personalized course recommendations, track subjects and courses with reminders, and more.

Sign up for free
Someone learning on their laptop while sitting on the floor.