QUANTUM MECHANICS I
Physics 521 - Fall 2010

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Chapter V: The harmonic oscillator

TEXTBOOK: Quantum Mechanics, Vol. 1, by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, et al., Wiley-VCH.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. Introduction
  2. Eigenvalues
  3. Eigenstates
  4. Discussion
  5. Examples
  6. Position representation
  7. The polynomial method
  8. Momentum representation
  9. Three dimensions
  10. Electric field
  11. Quasi-classical states
  12. Coupled harmonic oscillators
  13. Phonons
  14. Photons
  15. Finite temperature

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