PHY 6646 QUANTUM MECHANICS II - Spring 2013


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

Textbook:

`Principles of Quantum Mechanics' (2d edition) by R. Shankar, Plenum 1994. We will cover chapters 13-21.

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:

- The hydrogen atom
- Spin
- Addition of angular momenta
- Variational and WKB methods
- Time-independent perturbation theory
- Time-dependent perturbation theory
- Scattering theory
- The Dirac equation
- Time reversal symmetry
- Motion in a periodic potential
- Path integrals

Announcement

There will be a make-up class on Wednesday, April 17, at 4:00 p.m.


Homework:

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

Homework #1, due January 11:   12.6.8, 12.6.9, 12.6.10
Homework #2, due January 18:   14.3.2, 14.3.6, 14.3.8, 14.4.3, 14.4.5
Homework #3, due January 25:   14.5.1, 14.5.3, 14.5.4, 15.1.2
Homework #4, due February 1
Homework #5, due February 8
Homework #6, due February 15:   15.3.3, 15.3.4, 15.3.4*, 16.1.2
Homework #7, due February 22
Homework #8, due March 1
Homework #9
Homework #10, due March 22:   17.3.4, 18.2.2, 18.2.3, 18.2.4, 18.2.6
Homework #11, due March 29:   18.2.5, 18.4.4, 12.5.12 and 21.1.2
Homework #12, due April 5:   21.1.3, 19.3.1, 19.3.2, 19.3.3
Homework #13, due April 12:   19.5.4, 19.5.6, 19.6.1
Homework #14, due April 25:   20.1.1, 20.2.1, 20.2.2, 21.1.16

Homework Solutions

Homework 13 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 February 25, and the final exam (50%) on May 1.