Physics 9HE
Applications of Quantum Mechanics

The first half or so of Physics 9HE reviews the rules of quantum mechanics from Physics 9HC and applies them to atomic structure: where the shapes of atomic orbitals come from, why electrons fill the orbitals in a certain order, how to estimate the binding energies of different atoms. The course then turns to special topics, often areas of current physics research, that use some of the same ideas. Possible topics include laser cooling, nuclear magnetic resonance (the basis for MRI imaging), superfluid helium, quantum entanglement, diodes and transistors, neutrino oscillations, and nuclear structure.