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.