Quantum Mechanics Study Materials

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Introduction:

Our description of the physical world is dynamic in nature and undergoes frequent change. At any given time, we summarize our knowledge of natural phenomena by means of certain laws. These laws adequately describe the phenomenon studied up to that time, to an accuracy then attainable. As time passes, we enlarge the domain of observation and improve the accuracy of measurement. As we do so, we constantly check to see if the laws continue to be valid. Those laws who do remain valid gain in stature, and those who do not are abandoned in favor of new ones that do. 

In this changing picture, the laws of classical mechanics formulated by Galileo, Newton, and later by Euler, Lagrange, Hamilton, Jacobi, and others, remained unaltered for almost three centuries. The expanding domain of classical physics met its first obstacles around the beginning of 20th century. The obstruction came on two fronts: at large velocities and small (atomic) scales. The problem of large velocities was successfully solved by Einstein, who gave us relativistic mechanics, while Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, Dirac, Born, et al.—solved the problems of small-scale physics. Quantum mechanics brings with it not only improved numerical predictions for the microscopic world, but also conceptual changes that rock the very foundations of classical thought. With that being said, we present to all of you the necessary lecture notes, lecture videos, etc., found in the WWW domain to study/learn quantum mechanics. 

Lecture Videos:

•  A course on Quantum Mechanics on Coursera, by Prof. Victor Galitski and Prof. Charles W. Clark.
• Quantum Mechanics lectures by Prof. S. Lakshmi Bala, Dept. of Physics, IIT Madras.
• Some ace lectures by none other than Dr. P.A.M. Dirac, who was one of the founders of Quantum Mechanics.
• Introductory lectures on Quantum Mechanics by Prof. Leonard Susskind, recorded on January 14, 2008 at Stanford University.
• Introductory lectures by Prof. Leonard Susskind on Quantum Mechanics from his course known as "The Theoretical Minimum". 
• Advanced Quantum Mechanics lectures by Prof. Leonard Susskind.
• Lectures on Quantum Physics by Prof. V. Balakrishnan, Dept. of Physics, IIT Madras.
• Lectures series on Quantum Mechanics by Prof. J.J. Binney, where he explains how probabilities are obtained from quantum amplitudes, why they give rise to quantum interference, the concept of a complete set of amplitudes and how this defines a "quantum state".
• Lectures on Quantum Entanglements by Prof. Leonard Susskind. 
• Lectures on Quantum Mechanics and Applications by Prof. Ajoy Ghatak, Department of Physics, IIT Delhi.
• Lectures on foundations of Quantum Mechanics by Prof. Robert Spekkens, PSI. 
• Quantum Theory lectures by Prof. Joseph Emerson, PSI.
• Lectures on Quantum Mechanical view of Reality by none other than Richard P. Feynman.
• Lectures on Quantum Information, by Prof. Andrew Childs, PSI.
• Lectures on Explorations on Quantum Information, by Prof. David Cory, PSI.
• Talks and discussions on a wide range of subjects such as theoretical and experimental aspects of quantum entanglement and non-locality, relativistic causality, quantum measurement problem, probability theory, etc., PSI.

Lecture Notes:

• Richard Fitzpatrick's lecture note on Quantum Mechanics, Dept. of Physics, The University of Texas, Austin.
• Michael Fowler's introductory text on Quantum Physics. 
• UCSD introductory text on Quantum Mechanics.
• Lecture notes based on Leonard Susskind's Quantum Mechanics lecture videos on You-Tube.
• Lecture notes, Assignments, and Exams, based on MIT OCW's Phase I course on Quantum Mechanics.
• Lecture notes and Assignments based on MIT OCW's Phase II course on Quantum Mechanics.
• Classical and Quantum Mechanics via Lie algebras by Prof. Arnold Neumaier and Prof. Dennis Westra.
• Lecture notes in Quantum Mechanics by Prof. Doron Cohen.
• Pieter Kok's lecture notes on Advanced Quantum Mechanics.
• Lecture notes, handouts, etc., for Mathematical Quantum Mechanics.
• A complete set of lecture notes for a graduate quantum mechanics course by Prof. Richard Fitzpatrick. Topics covered include fundamentals of quantum mechanics, angular momentum, perturbation theory, and scattering.
• Prof. Peter Woit's lecture notes on Quantum Mechanics for Mathematicians, which is aimed especially towards undergraduates.
• Lecture notes and assignments based on Prof. John Preskill's course on Quantum Computation.