QM0 · Foundations & wave mechanics
A 26-module path through qm0 · foundations & wave mechanics, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Breakdown of Classical Physics
- Blackbody Radiation and the Planck Quantum
- Photoelectric Effect and the Photon
- Wave–Particle Duality
- de Broglie Matter Waves
- Double-Slit Experiment
- The Wavefunction
- Born Statistical Interpretation
- Probability Density and Normalization
- Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation
- Time-Independent Schrödinger Equation
- Stationary States and Separation of Variables
- Probability Current and the Continuity Equation
- Conservation of Normalization
- Position Operator
- Momentum Operator
- Expectation Values
- Operators and Observables
- Ehrenfest's Theorem
- Standard Deviation and Quantum Uncertainty
- Momentum-Space Wavefunction
- Free Particle and Wave Packets
- Group and Phase Velocity
- Admissibility Conditions on Wavefunctions
- Compton Scattering
- The Franck-Hertz Experiment