151618100 ADVANCED QUANTUM MECHANICS II ( 3 Crd.Hrs )

Approximation methods, scattering theory and relativistic quantum mechanics topics include; time-independent perturbation theory, Stark effect, fine structure and the Zeeman effect, variational methods, time-dependent potentials, Hamiltonians with extreme time dependence, time-dependent perturbation theory, applications to interactions with the classical radiation field, , scattering as a time-dependent perturbation, the scattering amplitude, the Born approximation, phase shifts and partial waves, Eikonal approximation, resonance scattering, paths to relativistic quantum mechanics, the Dirac equation, symmetries of the Dirac equation and solutions with a central potential.