How to become a
GOOD Theoretical Physicist

Advanced Quantum Mechanics

• Hilbert space
• Atomic transitions
• Emission and absorption of light
• Stimulated emission
• Density matrix
• Interpretation of QM
• The Bell inequalities
• Towards relativistic QM: The Dirac equation, finestructure
• Electrons and positrons
• BCS theory for supraconductivity
• Quantum Hall effect
• Advanced scattering theory
• Dispersion relations
• Perturbation expansion
• WKB approximation, Extremum principle
• Bose-Einstein condensation
• Superliquid helium

• Prof. Stringari’s course on Ultracold Fluids.
• Introduction to the Quantum Hall effect by A.H. MacDonald
• Introduction to Coherent States and Quantum Information Theory by K. Fujii
• Tutorial on Quantum information by Peter Zoller
• Intoduction to Quantum Computation by A. Chatterjee
• Advanced QM by Freeman J. Dyson
• K. Schulten’s notes on advanced QM
• James Branson, Advanced Quantum Theory