Course

Quantum measurement – von Neumann, QND, weak measurements, Wigner’s friend

Gauge theory. Vacuum solutions to Einstein field equations.

Quantum noise (N&C Chapter 8)

Einstein field equations.

Quantum harmonic oscillator – Standard treatment based on creation/annihilation operators

Riemann tensor and its relatives

Infinite Dimensional Hilbert Space and Unbounded Operators

Connections and geodesics

Poincare group, locally flat coordinate

EPR, Bell nonlocality, quantum teleportation (N&C section 2.6 + supplementary, N&C section 1.3.7)

Operational quantum mechanics – Bloch sphere, mixed states, Schmidt decomposition (N&C section 1.2, 2.4, 2.5)

Operational quantum mechanics – postulates (N&C section 2.2, covering 2.2.6 through 2.2.9)