PHY 6645 - Fall 2013 - QUANTUM MECHANICS I
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:
MW, 11:45am - 12:35pm, in NPB 2063
Th, 1:00 - 1:50pm, in NPB 2063
Textbook:
Principles of Quantum Mechanics (2d edition) by R. Shankar, Plenum 1994. We will cover chapters 1, 3-13.
Theree 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
Homework:
There will be one problem set per week, due on Fridays.
Homework #1
Homework #2 due September 6: 1.4.1, 1.6.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.5, 1.8.8, 1.8.10
Homework #3 due September 13: 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 1.10.1, 1.10.2, 1.10.4
Homework #4
Homework #5 due September 27: 4.2.3, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.2.1, 5.2.2
Homework #6 due October 4: 5.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.2.6
Homework #7 due October 11: 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.3, 5.3.4, 5.4.2, 5.4.3
Homework #8
HOMEWORK SOLUTIONS
Homework 6 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 7, and the final exam (50%) on December 9.