A representative radial wave function of two electrons scattered in the collision of an electron with a hydrogen atom. (Image courtesy of National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Terry Orlando
MIT Course Number
6.728
As Taught In
Fall 2006
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
- Assignments: problem sets (no solutions)
- Assignments: programming (no examples)
- Exams (no solutions)
Course Description
6.728 is offered under the department's "Devices, Circuits, and Systems" concentration. The course covers concepts in elementary quantum mechanics and statistical physics, introduces applied quantum physics, and emphasizes an experimental basis for quantum mechanics. Concepts covered include: Schrodinger's equation applied to the free particle, tunneling, the harmonic oscillator, and hydrogen atom, variational methods, Fermi-Dirac, Bose-Einstein, and Boltzmann distribution functions, and simple models for metals, semiconductors, and devices such as electron microscopes, scanning tunneling microscope, thermonic emitters, atomic force microscope, and others.
