Questions aiming at understanding which are the concepts acquired by the student and his/her ability to explain the topics discussed in the course. The minimum score to pass the exam is 18/30, the maximum score is 30/30 cum laude. The student will be required to answer the questions in either written or oral form.
Texts
Griffiths, "Introduction to Quantum mechanics"
Contents
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics: The crysis of classical physics. Shroedinger equation. The wavefunction, statistical distributions. Simple systems in 1D: quantum well, tunneling, harmonic oscillator. 3D Shroedinger equation, the hydrogen atom. Dirac formalism, Hermitian operators, time evolution. Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Crystals, Bloch theorem. Tight binding model, band and band gaps. Introduction to Quantum Technologies: Brief Introduction to statistical mechanics The Qubit Entanglement Quantum Key Distribution Quantum Teleportation Quantum Computing
