Literature: 

• "Quantum Mechanics", B. H. Bransdem and C. J. Joachain, Pearson Education Ltd., Essex, 2000. This is the standard textbook adopted at the UCL. The course will be mainly following this book. Very nice for atomic physics applications.
  
  
• "Quantum Mechanics", E. Merzbacher, J. Wiley and Sons, N.Y., 1998.



• "Quantum Mechanics", C. Cohen Tannoudji, B. Diu, and F. Laloe, J. Wiley and Sons, N.Y., 1977.  This book is very nice for looking at more mathematical and/or formal aspects of Quantum Mechanics. It is also extremely clear and didactic.
  

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Lecture notes (pdf files):

1. The formalism of quantum mechanics
1. Postulates of quantum mechanics
   
2. The Dirac notation
   
3. Matrix representation of operators
   
4. Harmonic oscillator by operator methods
   
5. Commuting observables and generalized uncertainty relations
   
6. Time evolution operator
   
2. The Hydrogen atom
   
3. Angular momentum
   
   1. Orbital angular momentum
   2. General theory of angular momentum
   3. Spin
   4. Addition of angular momentum
4. Approximate methods
   
1. Perturbation theory (non-degenerate levels)
2. Variational method
5. Identical particles

Please note:

• The lecture notes will be scanned and placed on the web as the course progresses
• The course (and also the notes) will also be strongly based on its daytime counterpart (for the daytime course lecture notes click  here)
  

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Exercise sheets and solutions (pdf files):

1. Sheet 1      Solution
2. Sheet 2      Solution
   

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Courseworks and solutions (pdf files):

1. Coursework 1      Solution
2. Coursework 2      Solution
3. Coursework 3      Solution (note that there was a typo in the hint of the last question; this has been mentioned in class and for this reason the file has been replaced online)

Please note:

1. Once the solutions have been placed online, no coursework will be accepted
2. Deadline for 3rd coursework: 20 March
3. Due to the fact that the college will be locked on March 20, I will accept the coursework until 26/03, i.e., the Wednesday after the Easter holidays)

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Related links:

• Pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians in Quantum Physics (6th international workshop, London, 2007): http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/~fring/PT/