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)
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The objectives of this course are presenting a selection of subjects 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.
-Reminder 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.
-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.
BASIC
CB6 - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and / or application of ideas, often in a research context
CB7 - Knowledge about how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study
CB8 - Ability to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments
CB9 - Ability to communicate conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that sustain them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way
CB10 - Learning skills allowing to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
GENERAL
CG01 - Acquire the ability to perform team research work.
CG02 - Be able to analyze and synthesize.
CG03 - Acquire the ability to write texts, articles or scientific reports according to publication standards.
CG04 - Become familiar with the different modalities used to disseminate results and disseminate knowledge in scientific meetings.
CG05 - Apply knowledge to solve complex problems.
TRANSVERSAL
CT01 - Ability to interpret texts, documentation, reports and academic articles in English, scientific language par excellence.
CT02 - Develop the capacity to make responsible decisions in complex and / or responsible situations.
SPECIFIC
CE12 - Provide specialized training in the different fields covered by Fundamental Physics: from environmental physics, fluid physics or acoustics to quantum and radiation phenomena with their technological, medical applications, etc.
CE13 - Master interdisciplinary tools, both theoretical and experimental or computational, to successfully develop any research or professional activity framed in any field of Physics.
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.
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.
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).
In cases of fraudulent completion of exercises or tests, the following will apply to the provisions of the "Regulations for evaluating students' academic performance and reviewing grades":
"Article 16. Fraudulent performance of exercises or tests.
The fraudulent performance of any exercise or test required in the evaluation of a subject will imply the qualification of failed in the corresponding call, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be followed against the offending student. It is considered fraudulent, among other things, the realization of plagiarized works or obtained from sources accessible to the public without re-elaboration or reinterpretation and without citations to the authors and the sources ”.
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.
Continuous study, the use of books and the realisation of the proposed exercises and problems, are compulsory for this course.
Tutorships could be face-to-face or on-line and will always need an appointment.
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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| 01.10.2023 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 5 |
| 07.03.2023 12:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 7 |