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Quantum Mechanics

Key Lectures

Tutorial

Supplementary Videos

Supplementary Articles

Key Lectures

Prof. Leonard Susskind, Modern Physics: Quantum Mechanics, Stanford University
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Prof. V Balakrishnan, Quantum Physics lecture series, IIT Madras
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(Contents: Uncertainty principle, Linear vector spaces, Hamoltonian, Schrodinger equation, particle in 1D box, harmonic oscillators, ordering theorem, eigen functions, scattering, charged particle in electromagnetic fields, spin of an electron in electric and magnetic fields, orbital angular momentum, Pauli matrices, quantum optics, photon statistics, photon distribution properties (blackbody radiation & coherent radiation), Perturbation theory)

Khan Academy Videos on quantum Physics

Tutorials

  1. Problem sets, Quantum Physics 1, MIT Opencourseware, Spring 2016 
  2. Exam sets, Quantum Physics 1, MIT Opencourseware, Spring 2016 
  3. Problem sets, Quantum Physics 1, MIT Opencourseware, Spring 2013 
  4. Exam sets, Quantum Physics 1, MIT Opencourseware, Spring 2013 

Supplementary Videos

  1. Complex number fundamentals (You should attend this excellent lecture to understand complex numbers. Many physics, especially, quantum mechanics requires this understanding)

  2. Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle Explained 

  3. The more general uncertainty principle, beyond quantum

  4. Schrödinger’s cat: A thought experiment in quantum mechanics 

  5. What can Schrödinger’s cat teach us about quantum mechanics?

  6. Is This What Quantum Mechanics Looks Like?

  7.  Practical applications of quantum mechanics for more more curious minds: nanoHUB-U Atoms to Materials L1.2: Quantum Mechanics & Electronic Structure – Why Quantum Mechanics?

  8. How Does a Quantum Computer Work?  

Supplementary Science Education Articles

  1. Visualizing quantum mechanics, Physics 4, 64, 2011, 

  2. Snippets of Physics – The Optics of Particles, Resonance 14, 8 2009  (This article gives an interesting insight into the transition from quantum ̄eld theory to quantum mechanics!)
  3. The Conception of Photons – Part I: Planck, Einstein, and Key Events in the Early History, Resonance 20, 1085, 2015
  4. The Fine Structure Constant, Resonance 20, 383, 2015 
  5. Atoms – How Small, and How Large!, Resonance 18, 799, 2013
  6. The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics – Manipulation at the Single-Particle Quantum Level, Resonance 18, 522, 2013
  7. Snippets of Physics – The Power of Nothing, Resonance 14, 179, 2009 (This article describes Casmir force and how it arises.)
  8. What Einstein meant when he said “God does not play dice…” Resonance 13, 655, 2008
  9. The Story of Large Electron Positron Collider – Fundamental Constituents of Matter, Resonance 7, 30, 2002
  10. The Quantum SI: The New System of Units, Resonance 25, 691, 2020  (This article gives an overview of the new SI and a few de- tails as to how it was set up.)
  11. Topological Materials: New Quantum Phases of Matter, Resonance 25, 431, 2020