ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Particle Physics
Areas: Theoretical Physics
Center Faculty of Physics
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
The objective of this course is to present a selection of topics that complement the student's training in the field of Quantum Physics. The specific topics have been chosen for their relevance in different fields of current Physics in the subject of the university master's degrees in Physics and Quantum Information Sciences and Technologies.
1. Review of two fundamental principles of quantum mechanics
2. Coherent states of the harmonic oscillator. Schrödinger's cats. compressed states. Quasi-probability distributions
3. Measurement problem. Decoherence and appearance of classical reality. Decoherence models. Location by collisions with environmental particles.
4. Generalized quantum dynamics. Kraus operators and quantum leaps. Superoperators and master equations. Lindblad equation.
5. Application to the damped harmonic oscillator.
6. Radiation-matter interaction. Rabi's model. Quantized electromagnetic field. Jaynes-Cummings model.
-Class notes
-M. Le Bellac, Quantum Physics, Cambridge University Press, 2006
-M. Schlosshauer, Decoherence and the quantum-to classical transition, Springer 2007
-H. P. Breuer, F. Petruccione, The theory of open quantum systems, Oxford Univ. Press. 2002
-S. Haroche, J. M. Raimond, Exploring the quantum, Oxford Univ. Press. 2006
Competence:
Master in Physics
This course allows to acquire the following competences mentioned in the verification report of the University Master's in Physics:
BASIC
CB6 - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and / or application of ideas, often in a research context
CB7 - Knowledge about how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study
CB8 - Ability to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments
CB9 - Ability to communicate conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that sustain them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way
CB10 - Learning skills allowing to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
GENERAL
CG01 - Acquire the ability to perform team research work.
CG02 - Be able to analyze and synthesize.
CG03 - Acquire the ability to write texts, articles or scientific reports according to publication standards.
CG04 - Become familiar with the different modalities used to disseminate results and disseminate knowledge in scientific meetings.
CG05 - Apply knowledge to solve complex problems.
TRANSVERSAL
CT01 - Ability to interpret texts, documentation, reports and academic articles in English, scientific language par excellence.
CT02 - Develop the capacity to make responsible decisions in complex and / or responsible situations.
SPECIFIC
CE12 - Provide specialized training in the different fields covered by Fundamental Physics: from environmental physics, fluid physics or acoustics to quantum and radiation phenomena with their technological, medical applications, etc.
CE13 - Master interdisciplinary tools, both theoretical and experimental or computational, to successfully develop any research or professional activity framed in any field of Physics.
University Master's Degree in Science and Quantum Information Technology:
Regarding the university master's degree in Quantum Information Science and Technology, the students who take this subject will acquire the abilities and skills of critical and creative thinking, communication and collaborative work that are indicated in the degree verification report (HD1, HD2, HD3).
In addition to the basic (CB1-CB5), general (CG1-CG4) and transversal (CT1-CT8) competences that are specified in the degree verification report, students will acquire the following specific competences for this subject
Specific competences:
CE4: Know and be able to apply the physical theories inherent to the understanding of systems for quantum information processing, including quantum thermodynamics as well as advanced aspects of magnetism and quantum mechanics.
CE6: Know and understand the nature of the physical platforms for processing quantum information in photonic systems: quantum optics, integrated optical systems, opto-atomic systems, detection and measurement systems, semiconductor photonics.
Learning outcomes:
The objective of this course is to present a selection of topics that complement the student's training in the field of Quantum Physics. The specific topics have been chosen for their relevance in different fields of current Physics in the subject of the university master's degrees in Physics and Quantum Information Sciences and Technologies.
Classes will be face-to-face and will be broadcast synchronously to the other campuses
- Expositive classes: in them the programmed contents will be explained and any doubts that may arise will be answered. Exercises and problems will be proposed that students must solve in their own working time.
- Interactive classes: resolution of the proposed exercises and problems, sharing doubts. Students will be given prominence to present their results.
- Tutorials: in them the students will be attended in a personalized way to provide them with guidance and resolve their doubts
- Autonomous work: during this time the study of the subject and the resolution of proposed tasks will be carried out.
There will be a virtual platform where essential and supplementary training and information material will be made accessible.
The evaluation of the subject will be a combination of different aspects. The weighting will be set and announced to the class within the margins approved in the verification report.
1- Continuous evaluation: attendance and participation in expository and interactive classes, delivery of exercises and solved problems, voluntary presentation of results.
Weighting: 60%
2. Extension work
Weighting: 40%
In cases of fraudulent completion of exercises or tests, the following will apply to the provisions of the "Regulations for evaluating students' academic performance and reviewing grades":
"Article 16. Fraudulent performance of exercises or tests.
The fraudulent performance of any exercise or test required in the evaluation of a subject will imply the qualification of failed in the corresponding call, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be followed against the offending student. It is considered fraudulent, among other things, the realization of plagiarized works or obtained from sources accessible to the public without re-elaboration or reinterpretation and without citations to the authors and the sources ”.
Master in Physics:
Theoretical Teaching: 20 hours.
Interactive Teaching: 10 hours.
Individual Student Tutoring: 1 hour.
Student's Personal Work and Other Activities: 44 hours.
Overall: 75 hours
Master in Science and Quantum Information Technology:
Lectures: 15 hours
Interactive classes: 10 hours
Individual Student Tutoring: 1 hour.
Personal work of the students: 49 hours.
Overall: 75 hours
In the master's degree in Physics, 5 additional hours of theoretical teaching will be taught to complement some of the course content and thus be able to develop the most specific competences of this university master's degree.
Attendance and participation in class, as well as the resolution of the proposed exercises.
Tutorials may be face-to-face or online and will require a prior appointment.
Alfonso Vázquez Ramallo
Coordinador/a- Department
- Particle Physics
- Area
- Theoretical Physics
- Phone
- 881813990
- alfonso.ramallo [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
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