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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Announcements will be posted here during
the semester. Please refer to this website regularly.
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Note that daily homework and reading assignments are
given on the homework page.
I reserve the right to give in-class, pop-quizzes
at any time. The purpose of these is to discourage skipping class and also
to motivate students to keep up with material. There will be no makeups;
students with valid excuses will receive credit based upon their performance
on the relevant exam.
The texts and solutions of old exams
are posted at the Exams icon.
Note that the Final Quiz (which counts for 10%
of your grade) is multiple choice, with no partial credit. Note also that
you must be present to take it, in class, on Wednesday, April 25, 2012.
The Final Quiz will consist of two problems taken from quantum mechanics
problems on old GRE's, which are avaliable on the internet.
First Exam Period Schedule:
Chapter 5 Identical Particles
01/09: Section 5.1,
Two Particle Systems.
01/11: Section 5.2, Atoms.
01/13: Section 5.3, Solids.
01/18: Section 5.4, Quantum Statistical Mechanics.
01/20: Section Work Problems.
Chapter 6 Time Independent Perturbation Theory
01/23: Section 6.1,
Nondegenerate Perturbation Theory.
01/25: Section 6.2,
Degenerate Perturbation Theory .
01/27: Section 6.3,
The Fine Structure of Hydrogen.
01/30: Section 6.4, The Zeeman Effect.
02/01: Section 6.5, Hyperfine Splitting.
02/03: Work Problems.
Chapter 7 The Variational Principle
02/06: Start section 7.1, Theory.
02/08: Finish section 7.1.
02/10: Section 7.2, The Ground State of Helium.
02/13: Section 7.3, The Hydrogen Molecule Ion.
02/15: Work Problems.
02/17: Review for Exam #1.
Exam #1
02/17: 7-9pm in NPB 1002.
Second Exam Period Schedule:
Chapter 8 The WKB Approximation
02/20: Section 8.1, The Classical Region.
02/22: Section 8.2, Tunneling.
02/24: Section 8.3, The Connection Formulas.
02/27: Finish section 8.3.
02/29: Work Problems.
Chapter 9 Time Dependent Perturbation Theory
03/02: Start section 9.1, Two-Level Systems.
03/12: Finish section 9.1.
03/14: Section 9.2,
Emission and Absorption of Radiation.
03/16: Start section 9.3, Spontaneous Emission.
03/19: Finish section 9.3.
03/21: Work Problems.
03/23: Review for Exam #2.
Exam #2
03/23: 7-9pm in NPB 1002.
Third Exam Period Schedule:
Chapter 10 The Adiabatic Approximation
03/26: Start section 10.1, The Adiabatic Theorem.
03/28: Finish section 10.1.
03/30: Section 10.2, Berry's Phase.
04/02: Section 10.2.
04/04: Section 10.2.
04/06: Work Problems.
Chapter 11 Scattering
04/09: Section 11.1, Introduction.
04/11: Section 11.2, Partial Wave Analysis.
04/13: Section 11.3, Phase Shifts.
04/16: Start section 11.4, The Born Approximation.
04/18: Finish section 11.4.
04/20: Work Problems.
04/23: Review for Exam #3.
Exam #3
04/23: 7-9pm in NPB 1002.
Final Quiz
04/25: In class.
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