CSIR NET 2020 Syllabus
- Wave-particle duality.
- Schrödinger equation (time-dependent and time-independent).
- Eigenvalue
problems (particle in a box, harmonic oscillator, etc.).
- Tunnelling through a barrier.
- Wave-function in
coordinate and momentum representations.
- Commutators and Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
- Dirac
notation for state vectors.
- Motion in a central potential: orbital angular momentum, angular momentum
algebra, spin, the addition of angular momenta;
- Hydrogen atom. Stern-Gerlach experiment.
- Time independent perturbation theory and applications.
- Variational method.
- Time-dependent perturbation
theory and Fermi's golden rule, selection rules. Identical particles,
- Pauli exclusion principle, spin-statistics
connection
Gate 2020 Syllabus
- Postulates of quantum mechanics
- Uncertainty principle
- Schrodinger equation; one-, two- and threedimensional potential problems
- Particle in a box, transmission through one-dimensional potential
barriers,
- Harmonic oscillator, the hydrogen atom
- Linear vectors and operators in Hilbert space
- Angular
momentum and spin
- Addition of angular momenta
- Time-independent perturbation theory
- Elementary
scattering theory
The Best Reference book for Quantum Physics
Introduction to quantum mechanics by David J. Griffiths
(Standard undergraduate introductory text)
Modern Quantum Mechanics by J. J. Sakurai
(If you prefer a more mathematical approach)
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