The course is intended for graduate students in physics who have already had an introductory course in Modern Physics and Quantum Mechanics, at the level of the texts: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, by David J. Griffiths, Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1995); Quantum Physics: Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei and Particles, by Robert Eisberg and Robert Resnick.
For more course information, go here: Fall 2002 Physics 911 Syllabus.
It is difficult to find one universally accepted textbook on quantum mechanics at the graduate level, as there are numerous approaches to its development. Here is the list of resources I will use in preparing lectures. My primary recommendation for a text where the conceptual development of the subject is pretty well described is the one by Messiah, I also like Schiff, but it seems to be out of print. However, I will follow the order of presentation of topics as in Merzbacher, which also gives some newer topics and a more modern treatment. The book by Shankar is very readable and seems to be well-received by students at the level between grad./undergrad, and develops the subject starting from matrix mechanics and vector spaces, rather than the more usual approach using the Schrodinger equation and wave mechanics.
Quantum Mechanics, Third Edition, by Eugen Merzbacher,
John Wiley and Sons, (1998) (primary text).
Quantum Mechanics, by Albert Messiah,
North Holland Publishing Co. (1961).
Quantum Mechanics, Third Edition, by Leonard I. Schiff,
McGraw-Hill, Inc. (1968).
Principles of Quantum Mechanics, Second Edition, by Ramamurti Shankar,
Plenum Press, New York (1994).
Quantum Physics, Second Edition, by Stephen Gasiowicz,
John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (1996).
For some particular topics I will refer to the following texts:
Lectures on Quantum Mechanics, by Gordon Baym,
Elementary Theory of Angular Momentum, by M. E. Rose,
Quantum Mechanics, Nonrelativistic Theory by L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz
Intermediate Quantum Mechanics, by H. A. Bethe and R. Jackiw
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