Weak field Zeeman effect, in which splittings of hydrogen atom degenerate multiplets due to an external magnetic field are smaller than fine-structure effect. (Image courtesy of Evgeny at English Wikipedia. License CC BY.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Barton Zwiebach
MIT Course Number
8.06
As Taught In
Spring 2018
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
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Course Description
This course is a continuation of 8.05 Quantum Physics II. It introduces some of the important model systems studied in contemporary physics, including two-dimensional electron systems, the fine structure of hydrogen, lasers, and particle scattering.
An edX version of this course, 8.06x Applications of Quantum Mechanics, is available starting on February 20, 2019 and running for 19 weeks.
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