PH 3214 :   Quantum Mechanics II

(January-April, 2026)
Course contents :

Text Books :
NOTE 1 : The first two books in this list can be downloaded legally within IISER Pune.
NOTE 2 : Ref 1, 2, 3 in the updates (given below) refer to these text books.
  1. Principles of quantum mechanics
    by R. Shankar
  2. Quantum mechanics : An Introduction
    by Walter Greiner
  3. Introduction to quantum mechanics
    by David Griffiths

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COURSE UPDATES :
NOTE 1 : Course updates will appear here.
NOTE 2 : Ref 1, 2, 3 refer to the text book list given above.
NOTE 3 : 🟤 Brown circle indicates that the content is for extra reading and not necessary for this course.


2.4.2026 ║ Lecture 28
⯈ Degenerate perturbation theory (Sec 17.3 in Ref 1)

30.3.2026 ║ Lecture 27
⯈ Time-independent perturbation theory (Sec 17.1 in Ref 1)

26.3.2026 ║ Lecture 26
⯈ How to use WKB formula : example problems (Sec 16.2 in Ref 1)
Harmonic oscillator example

24.3.2026 ║ Lecture 25
⯈ Validity of WKB approximation (Sec 16.2 in Ref 1)
⯈ Connecton formulas for WKB approximation (Sec 8.3 in Ref 3)
Airy functions

23.3.2026 ║ Lecture 24
⯈ WKB approximation (Sec 16.2 in Ref 1)
🟤 WKB, tunelling and half life of a beer can

19.2.2026 ║
⯈ Class not held. To be adjusted later.

17.3.2026 ║
⯈ No class.

16.3.2026 ║ Lecture 23
⯈ Variational technique (continued) (Sec 16.1 in Ref 1)
Variational technique applied to Hydrogen atom
⯈ WKB approximation: preliminaries (Sec 16.2 in Ref 1)

14.3.2026 ║ Lecture 22
⯈ Identical particles and exchange interaction (Sec 5.1.2 in Ref 3)
⯈ Variational technique (Sec 16.1 in Ref 1)

12.3.2026 ║ Lecture 21
⯈ Identical particles: symmetric and anti-symmetric states (Sec 10.2, 10.3 in Ref 1)
🟤 Identical particles pass the practicality test

10.3.2026 ║ Lecture 20
⯈ \( N \) degrees of freedom: some prelimnaries (Sec 10.1 in Ref 1)

9.3.2026 ║ Lecture 19
⯈ How to determine Clebsch-Gordon coefficients (Sec 15.2 in Ref 1)
Notes for computing CG coefficient

5.3.2026 ║ Lecture 18
⯈ Clebsch-Gordon coefficients (Sec 15.2 in Ref 1)

2.3.2026 ║ Lecture 17
⯈ Addition of angular momenta \( {\mathbf J = \mathbf J_1 + \mathbf J_2} \) (Sec 15.1 and 15.2 in Ref 1)
⯈ Product basis states \( | j_1 m_1, j_2 m_2 \rangle \) and coupled basis states \( | j m, j_2 j_2 \rangle \)
Class notes for angular momentum addition
17.2.2026 ║
⯈ No class.

16.2.2026 ║ Lecture 16
⯈ Recap of spin and related notations (Sec 14.1 and 14.2 in Ref 1)
⯈ Introduction to adding two spins
How to add two spins

12.2.2026 ║ Lecture 15
⯈ Hydrogen atom: properties of eigenstates, degeneracy (Sec 13.1 in Ref 1)
⯈ Classical limit of Hydrogen atom solutions
⯈ 3D harmonic oscillator (Sec 12.6 in Ref 1)

10.2.2026 ║ Lecture 14
⯈ Hydrogen atom problem : eigenvalues and eigenstates (Sec 13.1 in Ref 1)
⯈ Associated Laguerre polynomials (Sec 13.1 in Ref 1)
Hydrogen atom in one webpage
🟤 Smile, Hydrogen atom, you are on (quantum) camera

9.2.2026 ║ Lecture 13
⯈ Setting up radial Schrodinger equation for rotationally invariant potential \( V(r) \).
Laplacian operator in spherical polar coordinate system.
⯈ Solving for \(U(r)\) and \(R(r)\) for a general \( V(r) \) (Sec 12.6 in Ref 1)
Class notes for spherical harmonics / Radial Schrodinger equation

5.2.2026 ║ Lecture 12
⯈ Common eigenfunctions for \(J^2\) and \(J_z\).
⯈ Spherical harmonics (Sec 12.5 in Ref 1) (Sec 12.5 in Ref 1)

3.2.2026 ║ Lecture 11
⯈ Using Ladder operators to solve the eigenvalue problem of \(L^2\) and \(L_z\).
⯈ Explicit matrix forms for \(J_x, J_y, J_z\) and \(J^2\). (Sec 12.5 in Ref 1)

2.2.2026 ║
⯈ Class Test - 1

29.1.2026 ║ Lecture 10
⯈ Rotationally invariant problems in 3D.
⯈ Ladder operators and angular momentum eigenvalue problems (Sec 12.4 in Ref 1)

27.1.2026 ║ Lecture 9
⯈ Setting up the radial Schrodinger equation in 2-dimensions.
Harmonic oscillator in 2-dimensions in polar coordinates.
⯈ Angular momentum, Rotations and commutation relations in 3D (Sec 12.4 in Ref 1).

22.1.2026 ║ Lecture 8
⯈ Operator for finite rotations. Eigenvalues of angular momentum operator.
⯈ Combining rotations and translations. (Sec 12.2 in Ref 1)
(Sec 12.3 in Ref 1)

20.1.2026 ║ Lecture 7
⯈ Rotational invariance (continued) (Sec 12.1 in Ref 1)

19.1.2026 ║ Lecture 6
⯈ Rotational invariance (Sec 12.1 in Ref 1)
⯈ parity symmetry and examples (Sec 11.3, 11.4 in Ref 1)

15.1.2026 ║ Lecture 5
⯈ time translation symmetry, parity symmetry (Sec 11.3, 11.4 in Ref 1)
⯈ finite space translation operator (Sec 11.2)

13.1.2026 ║
⯈ Class not held.

12.1.2026 ║ Lecture 4
⯈ Length scale in harmonic oscillator
⯈ Relation between classical turning point and length scale

8.1.2026 ║ Lecture 3
Comparison with classical harmonic oscillator (Sec 7.3 in Ref 1)
⯈ Correspondence principle
⯈ nodes, symmetry of eigenstates etc.

6.1.2026 ║ Lecture 2
⯈ Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions using raising/lowering operators
(Sec 7.4, 7.5 in Ref 1)

5.1.2026 ║ Lecture 1
⯈ Solving harmonic oscillator in energy basis : raising/lowering operators (Sec 7.4 in Ref 1)



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