PHYS 5125 — Advanced Quantum Mechanics
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: falltypical days: M/W/ThBostonTraditional
Introduces time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory. Covers hydrogen fine structure, Zeeman effect, helium splitting, variational principle, adiabatic approximation, scattering theory, second quantization, and modern topics such as theory of quantum entanglement, quantum computing, and quantum biology.
Prerequisites
- one of:
- PHYS 4115 (min D-)
- graduate program admission
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 42% | 14.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 8% | 36.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 60% | 2.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 81% · T 19% · W 81% · Th 81% · F 19%
Common patterns: MWR (81% of sections), TF (19% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Yizhi You (50% of students) · reviews
- Adrian Feiguin (50% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Adrian Feiguin (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (PHYS course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All PHYS courses · Plan it at numap.app