ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Particle Physics
Areas: Theoretical Physics
Center Faculty of Physics
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
Scenario 1:
The objectives of this course are presenting a selection of subject that complement the formation of the student in the field of Quantum Physics. The specific subjects have been chosen because of their relevance in different fields of Modern Physics.
Scenarios 2 and 3: No changes
Scenario 1:
-Remainder of the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics
-The measurement problem. Decoherence and the appearance of the classical reality in the quantum theory. Simple models of decoherence. Localization due to environmental scattering.
-Generalized quantum dynamics. Kraus operators and quantum jumps. Superoperators and master equations. Lindblad equation. Application to the damped harmonic oscillator. Thermal baths and exact evolution equations. Born-Markov approximation.
-Coherent states of the harmonic oscillator. Squeezed states. Quasiprobability distributions and quantum mechanics in phase space.
-Berry geometric phases and applications
-Feynman path integral and applications.
Scenarios 2 and 3: No changes
-M. Le Bellac, Quantum Physics, Cambridge University Press, 2006
-M. Schlosshauer, Decoherence and the quantum-to classical transition, Springer 2007
-H. P. Breuer, F. Petruccione, The theory of open quantum systems, Oxford Univ. Press. 2002
-S. Haroche, J. M. Raimond, Exploring the quantum, Oxford Univ. Press. 2006
-A. Bohm, A. Mostafazadeh, H. Koizumi, Q. Niu, J. Zwanzinger, The geometric phase in quantum systems, Springer 2003.
On-line resources:
Virtual classroom: Notes written by the professors, proposed and solved problems and links to on-line resources.
Scenario 1:
In this course, the student will learn and practice several basic competences of use in any discipline related with basic science, and some specific competences. The specific competence in this subject in the knowledge of specific subjects of Quantum Mechanics, selected because of their relevance in different fields of Modern Physics, which complement the skills acquired in the degree of Physics.
Scenarios 2 and 3: No changes
A course will be activated in the Moodle platform of the Virtual Campus, which will contain information of interest for the student and different teaching materials.
Scenario 1:
Lectures and practical lessons will be provided according to the official timetable of the Master degree. In them the contents of the course will be explained, using audiovisual methods when adequate, introducing exercises and problems that illustrate them. Material will be provided that includes the development of the contents and the exercises and problems. Time for tutorials will be provided.
Scenarios 2 and 3:
See the contingency plan in the comments section below.
Scenario 1:
1) Assessment will be continuous by taking into account the following aspects:
-It will be compulsory to attend all the lectures and to solve the proposed exercises.
-The students will have to develop specific projects where they will put in practice the concepts, methods and techniques learned during the course. Depending on the interests of each student, these projects could be related to other subjects in the Master.
-Exceptionally, there could be a final exam if by any circumstance the previous activities do not allow an accurate evaluation of the performance of the students.
2) Relative weight of these activities in the global evaluation:
-Active participation in lectures and solving exercises: 60%
-Specific projects: 40%
-Final exam (exceptionally).
Scenarios 2 and 3:
See the contingency plan in the comments section below.
Scenario 1:
Blackboard Theoretical Classes: 20 hours.
Blackboard Interactive Classes: 10 hours.
Individual Tutoring of the Student: 1hour.
Personal Work by the Student and Other Activities: 44 hours.
Scenarios 2 and 3: No changes
Scenario 1:
Continuous study, the use of books and the realisation of the proposed exercises and problems, are compulsory for this course.
Scenarios 2 and 3: No changes
Contingency plan in case of change of scenario
1)Course objectives: no changes
2) Contents: no changes
3) Basic and complementary bibliography: no changes
4) Competence: no changes
5) Teaching methodology
Scenario 2:
If the traditional enrollment parameters of the master are maintained, modifications of the teaching methodology are not expected. If the distancing measures would not allow all students of the same class to be in the same room and there is no an space larger enough to accommodate all the students, one of following measures will be implemented:
-Live broadcast of the lectures for some fraction of the class, that will follow the lectures from other room of the faculty. Shifts will be established to ensure that all students have the same teaching conditions.
- Live broadcast of the lectures for some fraction of the class, that will follow the lectures from their home. Shifts will be established to ensure that all students have the same teaching conditions.
Priority will be given to face-to-face evaluation. If, due to the inevitable student shifts, in-person evaluation would take an excessive amount of time, the corresponding teaching would be on-line.
Tutorships could be face-to-face or on-line and will always need an appointment.
Scenario 3:
All lectures will be delivered on-line at the official class schedule. In some special cases lectures could be pre-recorded. In this last case students would be warned in advance.
6) Assessment system:
Scenarios 2 and 3:
The evaluation activities that could not take place face-to-face, and could not be delayed, will be carried out by using the institutional tools Office 365 and Moodle. In this case, until appropriate evaluation software is available, measures will be implemented to ensure that students have a device with microphone and camera. Students could be called to have an interview to explain or comment some parts of their evaluation tests.
7) Study time and individual work: no changes
8 )Recommendations for the study of the subject: no changes
Alfonso Vázquez Ramallo
Coordinador/a- Department
- Particle Physics
- Area
- Theoretical Physics
- Phone
- 881813990
- alfonso.ramallo [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
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| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom C |
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| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom C |
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| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom C |
| 01.12.2021 10:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Boardroom - Block II |
| 07.05.2021 12:00-16:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 2 |