Department of Physics and Astronomy

Physics 8164: Many-Particle Quantum Theory (Fall Semester 2019)

Contact Information

Instructor: Professor A. Sait Umar
Phone: 615-322-2459
Office: Stevenson Center, 6th floor, room 6626
e-mail: sait.a.umar@vanderbilt.edu

Class schedule

Class meetings: MWF 9:10-10:00 am, SC 6614
Office hours: Anytime I am in office (mornings preferable)

The aim of this course

The aim of Physics 8164 is to describe systems comprised of MANY interacting quantum particles moving at nonrelativistic velocities. This course is truly interdisciplinary: the techniques you will learn have applications in atomic and molecular physics, quantum chemistry, condensed-matter physics, nuclear physics, and some areas of astrophysics (e.g. neutron stars).

Textbook and Course Website

Main textbook: A. L. Fetter and J. D. Walecka, "Quantum Theory of Many-Particle Systems", doverpublications.com, ~$35 paperback, ISBN 0-486-42827-3.

Course Website: http://compsci.cas.vanderbilt.edu/~umar/p8164/

Physics 8164 prerequisite

first semester of graduate quantum mechanics (Physics 8030).