PHY 6645 - Fall 2012 - QUANTUM MECHANICS I

FALL 2012

INSTRUCTOR

Pierre Sikivie
Office: NPB 2063
email: sikivie@phys.ufl.edu
tel: 352.392.1923

CLASS TIMES

MWF, 10:40 - 11:30am, in NPB 1101

OFFICE HOURS

MWF, 11:45 - 12:35am, in NPB 2063

TEXTBOOK:

`Principles of Quantum Mechanics' (2d edition) by R. Shankar, Plenum 1994. We will cover
chapters 1, 3-14.

There are many other useful textbooks on quantum mechanics. Here is a partial list:
- P.A.M. Dirac `The Principles of Quantum Mechanics', 4th Edition, Oxford U. Press 1958.
- L. Landau and E. Lifchitz `Quantum Mechanics', Pergamon Press.
- L.I. Schiff `Quantum Mechanics', 3d Edition, McGraw-Hill 1968.
- E. Merzbacher `Quantum Mechanics', 2d Edition, Wiley 1970.
- J.J. Sakurai `Modern Quantum Mechanics', Addison-Wesley 1985.

COURSE OUTLINE

- Experimental foundations
- Mathematical tools
- Postulates
- The Schrodinger equation
- The classical limit
- The harmonic oscillator
- The path integral formulation
- Uncertainty relations
- Identical particles
- Symmetries and conservation laws
- The rotation group and angular momentum
- The hydrogen atom
- Spin

Announcement
The final exam will take place on Tuesday, December 11, from 10:30am to 12:30pm in NPB 1101.

HOMEWORK

There will be one problem set per week, due on Fridays.

Homework #1
Homework #2 due September 7:   1.6.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.5, 1.8.8, 1.8.10
Homework #3 due September 14:   1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 1.10.1, 1.10.2, 1.10.4
Homework #4
Homework #5 due September 28:   4.2.3, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.2.1, 5.2.2
Homework #6 due October 5:   5.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.2.6
Homework #7 due October 12:   5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.3, 5.3.4, 5.4.2, 5.4.3
Homework #8
Homework #9 due October 26:   7.4.2, 7.4.3, 7.4.4, 7.4.5, 7.4.6, 7.4.9
Homework #10 due November 2:   7.4.10, 7.8.4, 8.6.1
Homework #11 due November 9:   8.6.2, 8.6.3, 10.1.2, 10.2.3, 10.3.2, 10.3.3
Homework #12 due November 16:   11.4.3, 11.4.4, 12.3.3, 12.3.6, 12.3.7
Homework #13 due November 23:   12.3.8, 12.4.4, 12.5.1, 12.5.3, 12.5.5
Homework #14 due December 5:   12.5.6, 12.5.7, 12.5.9, 12.5.10, 12.5.13, 12.5.14, 12.6.1, 12.6.4

HOMEWORK SOLUTIONS

Homework 14 Solutions

QUIZZES

There will be ten quizzes at unannounced times.

GRADING

The final grade will be based on homework (20%), quizzes (5%), a mid-term test (25%) on October 8, and the final exam (50%) on December 11.