PHY 6646 QUANTUM MECHANICS II - Spring 2014
INSTRUCTOR
Pierre SikivieOffice: NPB 2063
email: sikivie@phys.ufl.edu
tel: 352.392.1923
CLASS TIMES
MWF, 10:40 - 11:30am, in NPB 1101Office hours:
MWF, 11:45am - 12:35pm, in NPB 2063Textbook:
`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
Homework:
There will be one problem set per week, due on Wednesdays.Homework #1, due January 15: 12.5.14, 12.6.1, 12.6.4, 12.6.5, 12.6.8
Homework #2, due January 22: 12.6.9, 12.6.10, 14.3.2, 14.3.6, 14.3.8
Homework #3, due January 29: 14.4.3, 14.4.5, 14.5.1, 14.5.3, 14.5.4
Homework #4
Homework #5, due February 12: 15.2.2(2), 15.2.5, 15.2.6, 15.2.7, 15.3.2, 15.3.5
Homework #6, due February 19
Homework #7, due February 26
Homework #8, due March 12
Homework #9, due March 19
Homework #10, due March 26: 17.3.4, 18.2.2, 18.2.3, 18.2.4, 18.2.6
Homework #11, due April 2: 18.2.5, 18.4.4, 12.5.12, 21.1.2
Homework #12, due April 9: 21.1.3, 19.3.1, 19.3.2, 19.3.3
Homework #13, due April 16: 19.5.4, 19.5.6, 19.6.1
Homework #14, due April 23: 20.1.1, 20.2.1, 20.2.2, 21.1.16, 21.2.2