Information Package / Course Catalogue
Quantum Physics
Course Code: FZK515
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: 
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

To introduce the description of the symmetries in nature and the group Theory which is the mathematical method of analysing those symmetries

Course Content

What is the Concept of Symmetry, Symmetry Groups, Group Representations

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to explain the symmetry concept
2.To be able to present the basic assumptions of being group
3.To be able to explain what the representation of a group is
4.To be able to represent symmetry groups of simple molecules
5.To be able to explain the irreducible representations
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Symmetry (An Intoduction to group Theory and Its Apllications), R. Mc Weeny, Dover Publications, 2002
2.Group Theory in Physics, Wu-Ki Tung, World Scientific, London, 1985
3.Mathenatical Physics, Amodern Introduction to Its Foundations, S. Hassani, New York, Springer 1998
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic assumptions of group theory
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Hassani S, Mathematical Physics A Modern Introduction to Its Foundations, Section 23.1
Week 2 - Theoretical
Operation table, orders and generators
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Mc Weeny R, Symmetry, Section 1.3,1.4
Week 3 - Theoretical
Sub-groups, co-sets and classes
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Mc Weeny R, Symmetry, Section 1.5
Week 4 - Theoretical
Invariant sub-groups and division group
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Mc Weeny R, Symmetry, Section 1.6
Week 5 - Theoretical
Homomorphism, isomorphism
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Mc Weeny R, Symmetry Section 1.7
Week 6 - Theoretical
Group representation
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Tung W.K., Group Theory in Physics, Section3.1
Week 7 - Theoretical
Point and space groups
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Mc Weeny R, Symmetry, Section 3.1,3.2
Week 8 - Theoretical
Sample structures which have point and space group symmetries(Midtern Exam)
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Mc Weeny R, Symmetry, Section 3.1,3.3
Week 9 - Theoretical
Representation of point groups
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Mc Weeny R, Symmetry, Chapter 4
Week 10 - Theoretical
Representation of translation groups
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Eugen Merzbacher Quantum Mechanics (3. Edition), Section 4.5
Week 11 - Theoretical
Irreducible representations (Irreducibility)
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Tung W.K., Group Theory in Physics, Section 3.2, 3.3
Week 12 - Theoretical
Irreducible representations (Orthogonality relations, Schur lemma)
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Tung W.K., Group Theory in Physics, Section 3.4
Week 13 - Theoretical
Irreducible representations (Different irreducible representation numbers)
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Tung W.K., Group Theory in Physics, Section 3.5, 3.6
Week 14 - Theoretical
Irreducible representation (Reduction of representations)
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Tung W.K., Group Theory in Physics, Section 3.7, 38
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Assignment1%10
Midterm Examination1%25
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141356
Assignment1224
Midterm Examination135237
Final Examination155257
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)154
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
5
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3
1
4
1
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4
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1
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3
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