research

[crystalclaws]

Hey... Im interested in Quantum mechanics.I want to do research in it..

Can u give me list of good universities for this???

[timo]

Quantum mechanics is a mandatory course in every physics education, so it´s offered by all universities. I find it hard to formulate the reason so I´ll just give you my advise: Don´t bother about the quality of the QM courses, if at all then bother about the university's research activities and whether you´re interested in them or not.

[Klaynos]

I agree with Atheist.

 

Also, what country are you in?

[ajb]

I would echo the earlier statements.

 

I can think of 4 main areas of research, (I don't list QFT, strings or quantum gravity as they go further than what I would call QM)

 

1) Fundamental; using functional analysis to set up QM. This is very mathematical.

2) Applied; solving the Schrodinger equation either exactly or numerically. Could be part of condensed matter or atomic physics research.

3)Quantum information; quantum computing and similar.

4)QM as a "test" of quantum field theory; QM can be thought of as 1-d quantum field theory, so one can test ideas here. Supersymmetric and PT-symmetric QM are examples of this.

 

I am sure there are other areas of research...