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Quantum Theory of Radiation Interactions
Art: Not determined, Figure 7 of Radio-active substances, 1904 · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. Paola Cappellaro
- Term
- Fall 2012
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 6 problem sets · 1 lecture note · 26 other files · 4 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 22.51 Quantum Theory of Radiation Interactions, Fall 2012, Prof. Paola Cappellaro — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lecture Notes
18 files
- Axioms of Quantum Mechanics Download
- EPR paradox, Bell inequalities Download
- 22.51 Course Notes, Chapter 1: Introduction to the course Download
- 22.51 Course Notes, Chapter 2: Mathematical Formalism of Quantum Mechanics Download
- 22.51 Course Notes, Chapter 3: Axioms of Quantum Mechanics Download
- 22.51 Course Notes, Chapter 4: Two-level systems Download
- 22.51 Course Notes, Chapter 5: Time evolution Download
- 22.51 Course Notes, Chapter 6: Composites systems and Entanglement Download
- 22.51 Course Notes, Chapter 7: Mixed states Download
- 22.51 Course Notes, Chapter 8: Open Quantum Systems Download
- 22.51 Course Notes, Chapter 9: Harmonic Oscillator Download
- 22.51 Course Notes, Chapter 10: The electromagnetic field Download
- 22.51 Course Notes, Chapter 11: Perturbation Theory Download
- 22.51 Course Notes, Chapter 12: Interaction of Radiation with Matter Download
- 22.51 Lecture slides: Introductory lecture Download
- 22.51 Lecture slides: Neutron scattering Download
- 22.51 Lecture slides: Quantization of the electromagnetic field Download
- 22.51 Quantum Theory of Radiation Interactions: Complete Course Notes Download
Assignments
- Problem Set #1 Download
- 22.51 Quantum Theory of Radiation Interactions, Problem Set 2 Download
- 22.51 Quantum Theory of Radiation Interactions, Problem Set 3 Download
- 22.51 Quantum Theory of Radiation Interactions, Problem Set 4 Download
- 22.51 Quantum Theory of Radiation Interactions, Problem Set 5 Download
- 22.51 Quantum Theory of Radiation Interactions, Problem Set 6 Download
Exams
8 files
- 2010 midterm Download
- 22.51 Quantum Theory of Radiation Interactions, 2009 Final Download
- 22.51 Quantum Theory of Radiation Interactions, 2009 Midterm Download
- 22.51 Quantum Theory of Radiation Interactions, 2010 Final Download
- 22.51 Quantum Theory of Radiation Interactions, 2011 Final Download
- 22.51 Quantum Theory of Radiation Interactions, 2011 Midterm Download
- 22.51 Quantum Theory of Radiation Interactions, 2012 Final Download
- 22.51 Quantum Theory of Radiation Interactions, 2012 Midterm Download
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Postulates of quantum mechanics
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Lecture 3: Two-level systems
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Lecture 4: Time evolution
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Lecture 5: Schrodinger / Heisenberg / interaction representation; wavefunction
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Lecture 6: Multi-particle systems: tensor product spaces
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Lecture 7: Entanglement
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Lecture 8: Mixed states and the density matrix
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Lecture 9: Entropy and thermal states
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Lecture 10: Open quantum dynamics: introduction and Krauss forms
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Lecture 11: Liouville equation and Lindblad formalism
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Lecture 12: Liouville equation and Lindblad formalism (cont.)
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Lecture 13: Introduction to the harmonic oscillator
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Lecture 14: Number and coherent states
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Lecture 15: The electromagnetic field
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Lecture 16: Quantized fields
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Lecture 17: Time-independent perturbation theory
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Lecture 18: Time-independent perturbation theory (cont.)
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Lecture 19: Time-dependent perturbation theory
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Lecture 20: Stimulated and spontaneous emission
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Lecture 21: Interaction of the EM field with atoms
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Lecture 22: Scattering theory
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Lecture 23: Scattering examples
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Lecture 24: Applications
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