Quantum Physics F
Course, Bachelor's level, 1FA535
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Autumn 2026 Autumn 2026, Uppsala, 67%, On-campus, Swedish Only available as part of a programme
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 67%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 31 August 2026–1 November 2026
- Language of instruction
- Swedish
- Entry requirements
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60 credits including Transform methods, Applied mechanics I/Mechanics II and Electromagnetism I. Participation in Waves and optics and Mathematical methods of physics.
- Application deadline
- 15 April 2026
- Application code
- UU-13046
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- Registration period
- 27 July 2026–30 August 2026
- Information on registration from the department
About the course
The experimental background of quantum physics, particles and atomic models, the photon, the photoelectric effect, and the spectrum of hydrogen-like atoms. An overview of special relativity. Spectrum. The correspondence principle. Wave-particle duality, probabilities, wave functions, the Schrödinger equation, wave packets. Expectation values, operators, uncertainty relations. Dirac formalism.
One-dimensional systems, stationary states, the infinite square well, the harmonic oscillator, transmission, tunnelling and reflection. Three-dimensional systems, the hydrogen atom and one-electron atoms, angular momentum and central motion, transitions, energy level diagrams, and time-independent perturbation theory. Many-electron atoms, spin, the addition of angular momentum, identical particles, fermions and bosons, the Pauli principle, electron configurations, the Zeeman effect, spin-orbit coupling, the central field approximation, fine structure, the periodic system, optical transitions and X-rays, spectroscopy.
Briefly about diatomic molecules: bonding, vibrational and rotational motions, transitions.
The importance of quantum physics for engineering applications.