PHY4604 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics 1 - Fall 2011 Mon. Aug. 22 Schrodinger Eq. Secs. 1.1 and 1.2 Wed. Aug. 24 Probability and Normalization Secs. 1.3 and 1.4 Fri. Aug. 26 Momentum and Uncertainty Principle Secs. 1.5 and 1.6 Mon. Aug. 29 Stationary states Sec. 2.1 HW1 Wed. Aug. 31 The infinite square well Sec. 2.2 Fri. Sep. 2 The infinite square well Sec. 2.2 code Mon. Sep. 5 No class (Labor Day) Wed. Sep. 7 The harmonic oscillator Sec. 2.3 HW2 Fri. Sep. 9 The harmonic oscillator Sec. 2.3 Quiz 1 Mon. Sep. 12 The harmonic oscillator Sec. 2.3 Wed. Sep. 14 The harmonic oscillator Sec. 2.4 HW3 Fri. Sep. 16 The free particle Sec. 2.4 Quiz 2 Mon. Sep. 19 Gaussian wavepacket Sec. 2.5 code Wed. Sep. 21 Boundary cond. & step potential P. 2.34 HW4 Fri. Sep. 23 The step potential P. 2.34 Quiz 3 Mon. Sep. 26 The rectangular barrier P. 2.33 Wed. Sep. 28 Delta-function potentials Sec. 2.5 Fri. Sep. 30 The finite square well | alternate Sec. 2.6 Quiz 4 Mon. Oct. 3 Formulas Wed. Oct. 5 Review Wed. Oct. 5 Exam 1 Soln., 8:20-10:10pm, MAEA 303 Fri. Oct. 7 Vector spaces Sec. 3.1 Mon. Oct. 10 Linear Operators Sec. 3.2 Wed. Oct. 12 Hermitian Operators Sec. 3.3 HW5 Fri. Oct. 14 Uncertainty Principle Sec. 3.5 Mon. Oct. 17 Postulates of quantum mechanics Sec. 3.4 Gram-Schmidt Wed. Oct. 19 Position, momentum eignevectors Sec. 3.3-3.6 HW6 Fri. Oct. 21 Schrodinger Eq. in 3D Sec. 4.1 Quiz 5 Mon. Oct. 24 Angular Momentum Commutators Sec. 4.3 Wed. Oct. 26 Angular Momentum Eigenvalues Sec. 4.3 Fri. Oct. 28 Angular Momentum Eigenvectors Sec. 4.3 Quiz 6 Mon. Oct. 31 The hydrogen atom Sec. 4.2 HW7 Wed. Nov. 2 The hydrogen atom Sec. 4.2 Fri. Nov. 4 Homecoming Holiday Mon. Nov. 7 3D Particle in a box Sec. 4.1.3 HW8 Wed. Nov. 9 Atomic Orbitals Fri. Nov. 11 no class (Veteran's day) Mon. Nov. 14 Formulas Wed. Nov. 16 Review Wed. Nov. 16 Exam 2 Soln. 8:20-10:10 pm, MAEA 303 Plots Fri. Nov. 18 Spin Sec. 4.4 Mon. Nov. 20 Spin in a magnetic field Sec. 4.4.2 Wed. Nov. 22 Magnetic resonance Fri. Nov. 24 no class (Thanksgiving) Mon. Nov. 28 Addition of angular momentum CG Coef. Sec. 4.4.3 HW9 Wed. Nov. 30 Addition of angular momentum Sec. 4.4.3 Fri. Dec. 2 Two-particle systems Sec. 5.1 Mon. Dec. 5 Atoms Periodic Table Sec. 5.2 Wed. Dec. 7 Review Fri. Dec. 16 Final Soln.: 10 am - 12 noon in NPB 1002